Weather alerts in Massachusetts, December 2017

67 weather alerts in December 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 67
Warnings: 14
Watches: 6
Advisories: 41
Busiest day: December 24, 20179 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 4, 3:22 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		25 hr
Dec 5, 4:16 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		26 hr
Dec 5, 4:23 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	10 hr
Dec 6, 3:54 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		57 hr
Dec 8, 2:44 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 days
Dec 8, 3:41 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	48 hr
Dec 8, 3:49 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	33 hr
Dec 9, 4:38 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		72 hr
Dec 11, 3:35 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	39 hr
Dec 11, 3:41 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		13 hr
Dec 11, 3:48 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	36 hr
Dec 11, 4:21 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		12 hr
Dec 11, 4:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Dec 12, 4:09 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		45 hr
Dec 12, 3:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	24 min
Dec 12, 3:15 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	27 hr
Dec 12, 3:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	41 min
Dec 12, 4:02 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	3 hr
Dec 12, 4:07 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	30 hr
Dec 12, 6:34 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	23 hr
Dec 13, 9:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		34 hr
Dec 14, 3:27 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		25 hr
Dec 15, 1:21 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	11 hr
Dec 15, 3:22 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		40 hr
Dec 18, 3:45 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Dec 18, 3:56 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		36 hr
Dec 18, 3:56 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		66 hr
Dec 20, 3:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 hr
Dec 21, 2:53 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	63 hr
Dec 21, 4:01 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	62 hr
Dec 22, 12:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	64 min
Dec 22, 2:53 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 22, 2:53 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 23, 7:17 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Plymouth	3 hr
Dec 23, 9:50 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester	4 hr
Dec 23, 3:17 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	12 hr
Dec 23, 3:21 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Dec 23, 3:21 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		7 hr
Dec 23, 3:54 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Berkshire	11 hr
Dec 24, 2:55 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		67 hr
Dec 24, 2:55 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		38 hr
Dec 24, 2:58 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 1 more	38 hr
Dec 24, 2:58 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	38 hr
Dec 24, 3:00 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	33 hr
Dec 24, 3:00 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	33 hr
Dec 24, 3:03 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	33 hr
Dec 24, 3:03 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	33 hr
Dec 24, 12:20 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	29 hr
Dec 25, 4:36 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	5 hr
Dec 25, 4:39 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	5 hr
Dec 25, 7:19 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Dec 26, 4:09 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		54 hr
Dec 27, 3:59 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Dec 27, 3:59 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		42 hr
Dec 27, 4:02 AM EST	Wind Chill Warning	ALY	Berkshire	33 hr
Dec 27, 4:06 AM EST	Wind Chill Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	32 hr
Dec 27, 4:06 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	48 hr
Dec 27, 3:52 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 28, 1:18 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	14 hr
Dec 28, 10:25 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		6 hr
Dec 29, 4:16 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Dec 29, 4:16 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		27 hr
Dec 29, 4:24 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	44 hr
Dec 30, 3:40 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	57 hr
Dec 30, 4:14 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Dec 30, 3:36 PM EST	Wind Chill Warning	ALY	Berkshire	45 hr
Dec 30, 3:56 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		41 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	2
Special Weather Statement	4
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Watch	2
Winter Weather Advisory	12
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	3
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	5
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	6
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	4
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	5
Small Craft Advisory	15

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.