Weather alerts in Massachusetts, May 2012

63 weather alerts in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 63
Warnings: 14
Watches: 3
Advisories: 21
Busiest day: May 29, 201218 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
May 2, 4:10 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		15 hr
May 7, 4:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
May 8, 4:41 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	8 hr
May 9, 10:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	6 hr
May 10, 3:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	107 min
May 10, 4:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Plymouth	119 min
May 11, 3:05 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	29 hr
May 11, 3:58 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		28 hr
May 11, 4:03 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	28 hr
May 13, 4:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		30 hr
May 14, 4:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		60 hr
May 15, 3:20 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
May 16, 1:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		65 min
May 16, 3:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		56 min
May 16, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	9 hr
May 16, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
May 16, 6:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	84 min
May 16, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	44 min
May 16, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	45 min
May 16, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	66 min
May 16, 8:20 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	7 hr
May 16, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	52 min
May 16, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	42 min
May 16, 8:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	63 min
May 16, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	67 min
May 16, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	63 min
May 16, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	62 min
May 16, 9:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	66 min
May 16, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Worcester	53 min
May 17, 3:19 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	29 hr
May 17, 3:37 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	27 hr
May 17, 3:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		18 hr
May 17, 3:46 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		6 hr
May 18, 3:53 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
May 18, 3:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		5 days
May 23, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	55 min
May 28, 6:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Nantucket	30 min
May 29, 3:59 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		36 hr
May 29, 6:30 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	4 hr
May 29, 12:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	59 min
May 29, 12:26 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Berkshire	8 hr
May 29, 1:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	53 min
May 29, 3:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	64 min
May 29, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	5 hr
May 29, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	62 min
May 29, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
May 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	60 min
May 29, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	61 min
May 29, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	56 min
May 29, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	66 min
May 29, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
May 29, 7:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	89 min
May 29, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	54 min
May 29, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	56 min
May 29, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	63 min
May 29, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Worcester	37 min
May 29, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	42 min
May 29, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	41 min
May 29, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	39 min
May 29, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	39 min
May 30, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	49 min
May 30, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	51 min
May 31, 4:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		16 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	12
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	2
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	6
Special Weather Statement	18
Flooding
Areal Flood Advisory	3
Cold
Frost Advisory	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Special Marine Warning	2
Small Craft Advisory	4
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	8

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.