Weather alerts in Massachusetts, March 2016

79 weather alerts in March 2016, 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 March 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 79
Warnings: 15
Watches: 7
Advisories: 40
Busiest day: March 17, 201621 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
Mar 1, 3:14 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		48 hr
Mar 1, 3:14 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		18 hr
Mar 1, 3:28 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	24 hr
Mar 1, 4:01 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	27 hr
Mar 1, 4:16 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Plymouth	17 hr
Mar 1, 4:16 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	27 hr
Mar 2, 9:02 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	7 hr
Mar 2, 3:44 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	23 hr
Mar 2, 3:51 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		23 hr
Mar 3, 3:09 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Mar 3, 2:57 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		43 hr
Mar 3, 3:03 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	40 hr
Mar 3, 3:08 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Nantucket	30 hr
Mar 4, 10:15 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		16 hr
Mar 4, 2:58 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	19 hr
Mar 4, 6:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	89 min
Mar 4, 7:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	89 min
Mar 4, 9:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	95 min
Mar 4, 10:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	52 min
Mar 5, 4:04 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Mar 6, 3:47 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		12 hr
Mar 6, 3:26 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		34 hr
Mar 9, 3:47 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		60 hr
Mar 10, 3:37 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Mar 10, 9:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	86 min
Mar 11, 10:00 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 hr
Mar 11, 3:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		7 hr
Mar 11, 3:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		42 hr
Mar 12, 3:39 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		23 hr
Mar 13, 3:51 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		43 hr
Mar 13, 3:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Mar 14, 3:08 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	20 hr
Mar 15, 11:17 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 hr
Mar 16, 4:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		10 hr
Mar 16, 2:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		7 hr
Mar 16, 4:35 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		27 hr
Mar 16, 8:53 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		20 hr
Mar 16, 8:53 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		6 hr
Mar 16, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	53 min
Mar 16, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	58 min
Mar 16, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	43 min
Mar 17, 6:00 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	3 hr
Mar 17, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	24 min
Mar 17, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	45 min
Mar 17, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester	45 min
Mar 17, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	45 min
Mar 17, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	48 min
Mar 17, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	23 min
Mar 17, 4:30 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		11 hr
Mar 17, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		60 min
Mar 17, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	38 min
Mar 17, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	37 min
Mar 17, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		57 min
Mar 17, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Bristol	30 min
Mar 17, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	51 min
Mar 17, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	56 min
Mar 17, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		54 min
Mar 18, 3:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Mar 18, 3:38 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more	48 hr
Mar 19, 3:54 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Mar 19, 4:16 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		7 days
Mar 20, 3:52 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	31 hr
Mar 20, 3:52 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Worcester	33 hr
Mar 20, 3:54 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		30 hr
Mar 23, 4:20 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		6 hr
Mar 23, 10:07 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Mar 24, 4:07 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		26 hr
Mar 25, 8:45 AM EDT	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin	2 hr
Mar 27, 3:43 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Mar 27, 3:14 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		56 hr
Mar 28, 3:00 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	34 hr
Mar 28, 4:49 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	33 hr
Mar 29, 3:59 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Mar 30, 3:46 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more	41 hr
Mar 30, 3:56 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Mar 30, 3:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Mar 30, 4:04 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		29 hr
Mar 31, 3:43 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Mar 31, 8:45 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	12 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	3
Special Weather Statement	16
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	2
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	6
Special Marine Warning	3
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	5
Small Craft Advisory	21
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	5

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.