Weather alerts in Massachusetts, December 2013

72 weather alerts in December 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 72
Warnings: 11
Watches: 6
Advisories: 43
Busiest day: December 13, 20139 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, 5:37 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	5 hr
Dec 1, 4:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	43 min
Dec 2, 3:40 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Dec 2, 3:25 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	22 hr
Dec 4, 4:00 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		10 hr
Dec 5, 4:25 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Dec 5, 1:25 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	14 hr
Dec 6, 4:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	23 hr
Dec 6, 4:26 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		23 hr
Dec 6, 4:48 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Berkshire	5 hr
Dec 6, 10:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	17 hr
Dec 6, 7:41 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire	6 hr
Dec 7, 3:45 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Dec 8, 2:47 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	37 hr
Dec 8, 4:12 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Dec 8, 4:25 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	35 hr
Dec 9, 7:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Worcester	92 min
Dec 10, 4:06 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		24 hr
Dec 10, 4:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		72 hr
Dec 10, 4:34 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	15 hr
Dec 11, 4:05 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		13 hr
Dec 11, 9:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	58 min
Dec 12, 4:27 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		35 hr
Dec 13, 3:49 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
Dec 13, 4:02 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		12 hr
Dec 13, 4:27 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	25 hr
Dec 13, 1:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	36 min
Dec 13, 3:37 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	43 hr
Dec 13, 3:49 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		48 hr
Dec 13, 3:49 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Dec 13, 3:58 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	43 hr
Dec 13, 4:14 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	38 hr
Dec 14, 4:50 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	27 hr
Dec 14, 5:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	25 hr
Dec 14, 5:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	23 hr
Dec 14, 11:26 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		19 hr
Dec 14, 6:02 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	12 hr
Dec 14, 8:16 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	6 hr
Dec 15, 3:37 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	6 hr
Dec 15, 9:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	3 hr
Dec 15, 3:39 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		21 hr
Dec 15, 3:39 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		27 hr
Dec 16, 1:12 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	63 min
Dec 16, 3:32 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	27 hr
Dec 16, 4:03 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	30 hr
Dec 17, 3:07 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		9 days
Dec 17, 10:55 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	12 hr
Dec 17, 12:54 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		54 hr
Dec 17, 4:36 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	4 hr
Dec 18, 4:35 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Dec 22, 4:27 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	35 hr
Dec 22, 4:28 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		11 hr
Dec 22, 4:40 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Worcester	22 hr
Dec 22, 11:11 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	9 hr
Dec 23, 8:38 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Middlesex	4 hr
Dec 24, 2:37 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
Dec 25, 9:01 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 hr
Dec 25, 5:14 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		34 hr
Dec 26, 12:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	114 min
Dec 26, 1:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk	107 min
Dec 27, 3:11 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		19 hr
Dec 27, 3:57 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 28, 3:48 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Dec 28, 4:27 PM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Dec 29, 3:43 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	20 hr
Dec 29, 4:03 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Dec 29, 4:03 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Plymouth	21 hr
Dec 29, 4:12 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		22 hr
Dec 29, 4:12 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Dec 29, 11:13 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	11 hr
Dec 30, 1:47 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		14 hr
Dec 31, 3:42 AM EST	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
Mesoscale Discussion	5
Special Weather Statement	7
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Watch	3
Freezing Rain Advisory	3
Winter Weather Advisory	12
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	2
Marine
Gale Warning	5
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	2
Small Craft Advisory	18
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	4

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.