Weather alerts in Massachusetts, December 2011

62 weather alerts in December 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 62
Warnings: 14
Watches: 6
Advisories: 38
Busiest day: December 8, 20118 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 8:27 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		7 hr
Dec 2, 3:26 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		44 hr
Dec 2, 3:44 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		12 hr
Dec 4, 9:12 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Hampden, Plymouth	12 hr
Dec 5, 3:34 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		24 hr
Dec 5, 7:12 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth	9 hr
Dec 6, 3:50 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		13 hr
Dec 6, 3:50 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		13 hr
Dec 7, 4:01 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	24 hr
Dec 7, 4:29 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		33 hr
Dec 7, 4:42 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	23 hr
Dec 7, 4:48 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	23 hr
Dec 7, 12:09 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
Dec 7, 12:17 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more	19 hr
Dec 7, 10:25 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	4 hr
Dec 8, 12:12 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester	5 hr
Dec 8, 1:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	4 hr
Dec 8, 3:41 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	3 hr
Dec 8, 3:41 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more	6 hr
Dec 8, 4:05 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		3 hr
Dec 8, 4:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	4 hr
Dec 8, 10:29 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		16 hr
Dec 10, 3:36 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		21 hr
Dec 13, 3:36 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		60 hr
Dec 14, 3:46 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	13 hr
Dec 14, 3:55 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	11 hr
Dec 14, 3:56 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		23 hr
Dec 15, 3:55 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr
Dec 15, 3:11 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		25 hr
Dec 15, 4:03 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	20 hr
Dec 16, 2:27 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	11 hr
Dec 16, 12:50 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		11 hr
Dec 16, 6:03 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		6 hr
Dec 17, 12:02 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		4 hr
Dec 17, 3:57 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	29 hr
Dec 17, 3:58 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 18, 4:26 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr
Dec 18, 3:43 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		35 hr
Dec 19, 3:52 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 19, 3:54 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	19 hr
Dec 20, 3:39 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Dec 22, 12:05 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		25 min
Dec 22, 3:15 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	30 hr
Dec 22, 4:33 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	10 hr
Dec 24, 4:13 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Dec 24, 10:33 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		18 hr
Dec 25, 4:17 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		29 hr
Dec 25, 4:17 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		42 hr
Dec 26, 3:25 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		13 hr
Dec 27, 4:03 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		49 hr
Dec 27, 4:16 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	22 hr
Dec 27, 4:16 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more	21 hr
Dec 27, 7:33 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	4 hr
Dec 28, 12:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	54 min
Dec 28, 12:25 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		65 min
Dec 28, 1:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	32 min
Dec 28, 1:24 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		66 min
Dec 28, 3:33 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	13 hr
Dec 29, 6:50 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		3 hr
Dec 29, 6:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		20 hr
Dec 30, 3:00 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	33 hr
Dec 31, 9:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Worcester	112 min

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Mesoscale Discussion	1
Special Weather Statement	2
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Weather Advisory	9
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	6
Special Marine Warning	3
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	5
Small Craft Advisory	13
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	5

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.