Weather alerts in Massachusetts, May 2015

119 weather alerts in May 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 119
Warnings: 36
Watches: 11
Advisories: 41
Busiest day: May 28, 201531 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 3, 3:27 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
May 3, 4:09 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	12 hr
May 4, 3:42 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
May 4, 3:56 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	16 hr
May 4, 3:52 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		18 hr
May 4, 6:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		2 hr
May 8, 3:08 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	16 hr
May 9, 2:56 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	19 hr
May 9, 2:58 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		28 hr
May 10, 9:06 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	11 hr
May 10, 3:46 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		12 hr
May 10, 3:57 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	18 hr
May 10, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	31 min
May 11, 3:47 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		64 hr
May 11, 3:44 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
May 11, 4:20 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more	18 hr
May 11, 4:27 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	12 hr
May 11, 10:10 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	9 hr
May 12, 4:00 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	16 hr
May 12, 4:09 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
May 12, 4:13 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket	16 hr
May 12, 2:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	2 hr
May 12, 3:17 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
May 12, 3:50 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
May 12, 4:03 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more	11 hr
May 12, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	39 min
May 12, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	44 min
May 12, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Norfolk, Plymouth	37 min
May 12, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		65 min
May 13, 3:14 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	28 hr
May 13, 3:20 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more	15 hr
May 13, 3:32 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	ALY	Berkshire	14 hr
May 13, 3:40 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	28 hr
May 14, 3:31 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	28 hr
May 14, 7:02 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	24 hr
May 19, 3:48 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		14 hr
May 19, 7:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	2 hr
May 19, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	49 min
May 19, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	47 min
May 19, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	52 min
May 19, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	44 min
May 19, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	45 min
May 19, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	44 min
May 20, 4:19 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	26 hr
May 20, 2:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 hr
May 20, 2:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 min
May 20, 2:27 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	16 hr
May 22, 3:34 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	ALY	Berkshire	28 hr
May 22, 4:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		33 hr
May 22, 4:23 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	BOX	Franklin	12 hr
May 22, 4:03 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	14 hr
May 22, 4:03 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	14 hr
May 23, 6:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		27 hr
May 24, 12:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		21 hr
May 25, 3:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		49 hr
May 26, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	58 min
May 27, 4:49 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		41 hr
May 27, 11:50 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	85 min
May 27, 12:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire	6 hr
May 27, 2:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	2 hr
May 27, 4:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	86 min
May 27, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	58 min
May 27, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Suffolk, Worcester	4 hr
May 27, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	54 min
May 27, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	61 min
May 27, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	16 min
May 27, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
May 27, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	50 min
May 27, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	37 min
May 27, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	24 min
May 27, 7:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	54 min
May 27, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	51 min
May 28, 4:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		18 hr
May 28, 11:16 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 1 more	89 min
May 28, 11:30 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 1 more	60 min
May 28, 11:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	7 hr
May 28, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	45 min
May 28, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	29 min
May 28, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	48 min
May 28, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	44 min
May 28, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	46 min
May 28, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	27 min
May 28, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	47 min
May 28, 3:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	97 min
May 28, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	45 min
May 28, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	47 min
May 28, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester	46 min
May 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Worcester	46 min
May 28, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	27 min
May 28, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	50 min
May 28, 4:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	64 min
May 28, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	45 min
May 28, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	57 min
May 28, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		86 min
May 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	51 min
May 28, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex	35 min
May 28, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		48 min
May 28, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	27 min
May 28, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	49 min
May 28, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		59 min
May 28, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	32 min
May 28, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	30 min
May 28, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Suffolk	35 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 days
May 30, 12:00 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	8 hr
May 31, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden	55 min
May 31, 2:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	65 min
May 31, 2:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Worcester	61 min
May 31, 3:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	3 hr
May 31, 3:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	53 min
May 31, 3:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	41 hr
May 31, 3:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	59 min
May 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester	119 min
May 31, 4:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
May 31, 4:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	2 hr
May 31, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	3 hr
May 31, 4:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Worcester	3 hr
May 31, 6:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Plymouth	2 hr
May 31, 7:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	2 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	20
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	10
Special Weather Statement	21
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	10
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	7
Fire
Red Flag Warning	7
Fire Weather Watch	6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6
Coast and beach
High Surf Advisory	1
Marine
Special Marine Warning	4
Small Craft Advisory	16
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.

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.