Weather alerts in Massachusetts, January 2012

66 weather alerts in January 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 January 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 66
Warnings: 14
Watches: 6
Advisories: 43
Busiest day: January 12, 20129 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 31, 8:20 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	7 hr
Jan 1, 3:18 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		37 hr
Jan 1, 3:18 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		6 days
Jan 1, 4:48 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	18 hr
Jan 2, 3:27 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		13 hr
Jan 3, 4:03 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	29 hr
Jan 6, 4:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		11 hr
Jan 7, 3:19 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		44 hr
Jan 9, 3:41 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		33 hr
Jan 10, 4:35 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 10, 4:35 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	23 hr
Jan 10, 4:44 PM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Jan 11, 4:05 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Jan 11, 4:19 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		35 hr
Jan 11, 4:29 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	35 hr
Jan 11, 4:48 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	34 hr
Jan 11, 4:23 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	23 hr
Jan 11, 9:53 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	14 hr
Jan 12, 3:52 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin	6 hr
Jan 12, 4:19 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	9 hr
Jan 12, 5:20 AM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	10 hr
Jan 12, 9:01 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		4 hr
Jan 12, 12:32 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	3 hr
Jan 12, 1:19 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		101 min
Jan 12, 3:11 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		37 hr
Jan 12, 3:41 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Jan 12, 7:14 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	8 hr
Jan 12, 7:34 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	28 hr
Jan 12, 9:16 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	22 hr
Jan 13, 1:31 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	10 hr
Jan 13, 2:45 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	7 hr
Jan 13, 5:14 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	4 hr
Jan 14, 3:49 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	30 hr
Jan 14, 3:57 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Jan 15, 3:44 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 16, 3:53 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 1 more	30 hr
Jan 16, 3:56 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	39 hr
Jan 16, 4:00 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		25 hr
Jan 16, 4:00 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Jan 17, 4:30 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		36 hr
Jan 17, 4:34 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	31 hr
Jan 17, 3:54 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	24 hr
Jan 18, 11:22 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		17 hr
Jan 19, 4:12 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
Jan 20, 1:15 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	29 hr
Jan 21, 3:53 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Jan 21, 11:49 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	6 hr
Jan 22, 3:23 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	23 hr
Jan 22, 3:56 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	31 hr
Jan 23, 3:39 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Jan 23, 11:09 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	10 hr
Jan 23, 7:32 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	5 hr
Jan 24, 4:06 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		27 hr
Jan 26, 3:38 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	27 hr
Jan 26, 4:10 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	32 hr
Jan 26, 4:43 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 days
Jan 26, 4:23 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 27, 4:19 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		26 hr
Jan 27, 8:08 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 27, 10:15 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		47 days
Jan 27, 3:49 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Jan 29, 4:00 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 29, 3:38 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		15 hr
Jan 30, 4:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	28 min
Jan 30, 7:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	54 min
Jan 31, 3:00 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days

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 Advisory	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	1
Freezing Rain Advisory	3
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Cold
Wind Chill Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	2
Marine
Gale Warning	8
Special Marine Warning	1
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	4
Small Craft Advisory	13
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. Rebuilt daily.