Alert archive / Massachusetts / 2012
Weather alerts in Massachusetts, August 2012
167 weather alerts in August 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 August 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 167
- Warnings
- 56
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 50
- Busiest day
- August 10, 201237 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 82 min |
| Aug 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Franklin | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 36 min | |
| Aug 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Norfolk, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Franklin | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 3:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 109 min |
| Aug 4, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 18 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 19 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 27 hr | |
| Aug 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 3:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more | 94 min |
| Aug 5, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 51 min | |
| Aug 5, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Norfolk | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 83 min |
| Aug 5, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 8:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 117 min |
| Aug 6, 12:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 7 hr | |
| Aug 6, 7:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 9 hr | |
| Aug 9, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin | 108 min |
| Aug 9, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 1:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 2:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 2:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Aug 10, 7:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 2:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 87 min |
| Aug 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 92 min | |
| Aug 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 30 min | |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 87 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 25 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 52 min | |
| Aug 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 30 min | |
| Aug 10, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 20 min | |
| Aug 11, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 12:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 12:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 1 more | 94 min |
| Aug 11, 1:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 2:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Franklin | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 7:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 4:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 22 min |
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 3:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 5:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 5:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 61 min | |
| Aug 15, 6:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 113 min |
| Aug 15, 8:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 93 min |
| Aug 15, 8:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 74 min |
| Aug 15, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 63 min | |
| Aug 15, 9:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 9:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 6:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 90 min | |
| Aug 15, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Aug 15, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 15, 10:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth | 116 min |
| Aug 15, 10:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 11:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Worcester | 104 min |
| Aug 16, 2:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampshire | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Suffolk | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Norfolk | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 3:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 56 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth | 58 min |
| Aug 25, 7:52 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:10 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:29 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 39 hr | |
| Aug 28, 8:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 20 hr | |
| Aug 28, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Plymouth | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Barnstable | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 43 min | |
| Aug 28, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 40 min | |
| Aug 31, 3:27 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 51 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 | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 27 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 53 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 40 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 17 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 6 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | 1 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.