Weather alerts in Massachusetts, January 2017

80 weather alerts in January 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 January 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 80
Warnings: 19
Watches: 10
Advisories: 40
Busiest day: January 24, 20178 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
Jan 2, 3:49 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 2, 3:49 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		45 hr
Jan 2, 3:53 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		36 hr
Jan 2, 4:01 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Jan 3, 3:52 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		45 hr
Jan 4, 3:34 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		11 hr
Jan 4, 7:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more	57 min
Jan 4, 8:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	59 min
Jan 5, 3:45 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	32 hr
Jan 5, 3:46 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		9 hr
Jan 5, 1:04 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		15 hr
Jan 5, 3:49 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more	23 hr
Jan 6, 4:27 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		10 hr
Jan 6, 8:08 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 3 more	3 hr
Jan 6, 2:12 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		37 hr
Jan 6, 2:12 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		35 hr
Jan 6, 2:53 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex and 5 more	34 hr
Jan 6, 2:53 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	31 hr
Jan 6, 10:54 PM EST	Blizzard Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	26 hr
Jan 7, 11:27 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth	4 hr
Jan 8, 1:20 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		35 hr
Jan 8, 9:40 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		22 hr
Jan 8, 3:42 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		18 hr
Jan 8, 6:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	91 min
Jan 8, 7:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	52 min
Jan 8, 7:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	65 min
Jan 8, 8:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	55 min
Jan 9, 3:38 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		44 hr
Jan 9, 3:38 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		45 hr
Jan 10, 3:54 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	26 hr
Jan 10, 3:02 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Plymouth	18 hr
Jan 10, 9:55 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		12 hr
Jan 11, 2:21 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		68 hr
Jan 12, 3:54 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		27 hr
Jan 14, 4:28 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		22 hr
Jan 16, 3:35 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		13 hr
Jan 16, 3:40 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	51 hr
Jan 16, 3:49 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	54 hr
Jan 16, 4:23 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		58 hr
Jan 17, 3:45 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		19 hr
Jan 18, 6:56 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	100 min
Jan 18, 10:36 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	13 hr
Jan 19, 2:17 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		35 hr
Jan 20, 4:20 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Jan 20, 4:20 PM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		281 days
Jan 21, 4:00 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	220 days
Jan 21, 4:18 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		67 hr
Jan 21, 4:18 PM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		66 hr
Jan 21, 4:25 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	65 hr
Jan 21, 4:47 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	65 hr
Jan 21, 7:52 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 3 more	14 hr
Jan 22, 3:51 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	280 days
Jan 22, 3:06 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	37 hr
Jan 22, 3:43 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	57 hr
Jan 22, 4:20 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	47 hr
Jan 23, 4:00 AM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	14 hr
Jan 23, 4:00 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	18 hr
Jan 23, 4:11 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more	31 hr
Jan 23, 5:31 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	18 hr
Jan 23, 5:31 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Dukes	18 hr
Jan 23, 8:14 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin	6 hr
Jan 24, 3:38 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		3 hr
Jan 24, 7:03 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		3 hr
Jan 24, 10:13 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		47 min
Jan 24, 10:13 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		33 hr
Jan 24, 11:15 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		3 hr
Jan 24, 3:48 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	9 hr
Jan 24, 3:50 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		12 hr
Jan 24, 8:32 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	4 hr
Jan 25, 3:54 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		60 hr
Jan 26, 3:38 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Dukes, Nantucket	24 hr
Jan 26, 3:40 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Jan 26, 3:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	63 min
Jan 26, 5:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes	51 min
Jan 30, 3:42 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		35 hr
Jan 30, 3:41 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	32 hr
Jan 31, 3:34 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Jan 31, 4:15 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr
Jan 31, 4:15 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		72 hr
Jan 31, 3:03 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		25 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	9
Flooding
Flood Watch	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Freezing Rain Advisory	3
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	2
Marine
Gale Warning	12
Storm Warning	3
Gale Watch	4
Storm Watch	1
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	1
Small Craft Advisory	17
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.