Weather alerts in Massachusetts, April 2012

75 weather alerts in April 2012, 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 April 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 75
Warnings: 25
Watches: 21
Advisories: 27
Busiest day: April 8, 20125 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
Apr 1, 11:19 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		11 hr
Apr 2, 4:17 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		39 hr
Apr 2, 4:26 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 4:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Apr 3, 4:16 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	15 hr
Apr 3, 3:20 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
Apr 3, 4:30 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	10 hr
Apr 4, 2:56 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	17 hr
Apr 4, 3:30 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
Apr 4, 4:00 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		27 hr
Apr 4, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		88 min
Apr 5, 4:05 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	15 hr
Apr 5, 3:19 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	12 hr
Apr 5, 3:36 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ALY	Berkshire	13 hr
Apr 6, 3:48 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	12 hr
Apr 7, 3:44 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	15 hr
Apr 7, 3:50 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
Apr 8, 3:27 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		13 hr
Apr 8, 2:10 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	2 hr
Apr 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	27 hr
Apr 8, 4:36 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		24 hr
Apr 8, 4:36 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		37 hr
Apr 9, 4:13 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	15 hr
Apr 9, 4:45 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	10 hr
Apr 10, 3:37 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		16 hr
Apr 10, 5:09 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		14 hr
Apr 10, 12:23 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	7 hr
Apr 14, 3:38 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		12 hr
Apr 15, 4:01 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		48 hr
Apr 15, 3:39 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ALY	Berkshire	13 hr
Apr 15, 4:02 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	12 hr
Apr 16, 4:13 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
Apr 16, 4:15 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	16 hr
Apr 16, 3:37 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	13 hr
Apr 16, 3:55 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
Apr 17, 3:27 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
Apr 17, 4:37 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	15 hr
Apr 18, 4:24 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Apr 18, 4:18 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		47 hr
Apr 20, 10:22 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		6 hr
Apr 21, 4:26 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Apr 21, 4:26 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Apr 21, 4:12 PM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	36 hr
Apr 21, 4:35 PM EDT	Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	38 hr
Apr 22, 4:24 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		33 hr
Apr 22, 4:04 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	14 hr
Apr 22, 4:11 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	18 hr
Apr 22, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden	5 hr
Apr 23, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Worcester	57 min
Apr 23, 4:24 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Apr 23, 7:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	3 hr
Apr 23, 8:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	40 min
Apr 24, 3:56 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	24 hr
Apr 25, 4:09 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		24 hr
Apr 25, 4:25 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	ALY	Berkshire	28 hr
Apr 25, 3:50 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester	16 hr
Apr 25, 3:50 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	16 hr
Apr 26, 4:03 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		25 hr
Apr 26, 4:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Apr 26, 3:38 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	13 hr
Apr 27, 3:21 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	ALY	Berkshire	30 hr
Apr 27, 4:20 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	30 hr
Apr 27, 4:33 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		13 hr
Apr 27, 4:33 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		23 hr
Apr 28, 3:45 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 5 more	12 hr
Apr 28, 10:04 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	ALY	Berkshire	22 hr
Apr 28, 4:03 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 hr
Apr 28, 4:13 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	16 hr
Apr 28, 4:13 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 5 more	16 hr
Apr 29, 4:21 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	12 hr
Apr 29, 4:24 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		20 hr
Apr 29, 10:18 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	ALY	Berkshire	23 hr
Apr 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk	17 hr
Apr 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	17 hr
Apr 30, 4:24 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr

By product

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

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Special Weather Statement	2
Flooding
Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Cold
Freeze Warning	8
Freeze Watch	4
Frost Advisory	3
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	13
Fire Weather Watch	12
Marine
Gale Warning	3
Special Marine Warning	1
Gale Watch	3
Small Craft Advisory	13
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	7

By county

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

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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.