Weather alerts in Massachusetts, May 2017

79 weather alerts in May 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 May 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 79
Warnings: 21
Watches: 3
Advisories: 29
Busiest day: May 31, 201719 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 1, 3:59 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
May 1, 7:34 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	9 hr
May 1, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	38 min
May 2, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	54 min
May 3, 4:21 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	27 hr
May 3, 10:19 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
May 4, 4:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
May 5, 4:13 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more	24 hr
May 5, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	33 min
May 5, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	57 min
May 5, 4:28 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
May 5, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk	44 min
May 5, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Suffolk	43 min
May 5, 5:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	2 hr
May 5, 5:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	114 min
May 6, 9:51 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	8 hr
May 8, 12:00 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		7 hr
May 8, 11:39 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 hr
May 8, 11:42 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	7 hr
May 12, 4:00 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		36 hr
May 13, 4:34 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		45 hr
May 13, 4:34 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		11 hr
May 13, 3:46 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	30 hr
May 14, 3:43 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		19 hr
May 14, 4:02 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		24 hr
May 14, 4:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		31 hr
May 15, 2:22 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	5 hr
May 16, 9:58 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		21 hr
May 18, 3:46 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
May 18, 7:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire	87 min
May 18, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	65 min
May 18, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	42 min
May 18, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	39 min
May 18, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	55 min
May 18, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Worcester	62 min
May 18, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	61 min
May 18, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		55 min
May 18, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	34 min
May 18, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk	49 min
May 18, 11:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	30 min
May 19, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	27 min
May 19, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		97 min
May 19, 10:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		14 hr
May 20, 11:35 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 hr
May 22, 4:00 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		25 hr
May 22, 4:07 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
May 23, 3:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
May 24, 4:17 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		62 hr
May 24, 3:31 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	29 hr
May 24, 7:18 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth	6 hr
May 24, 7:18 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	6 hr
May 25, 4:22 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	23 hr
May 25, 7:44 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	7 hr
May 25, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Worcester	53 min
May 26, 3:47 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	10 hr
May 26, 9:59 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		16 hr
May 27, 2:19 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	13 hr
May 28, 2:52 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	13 hr
May 28, 2:55 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		25 hr
May 29, 4:03 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		10 hr
May 31, 6:08 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	4 hr
May 31, 12:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	61 min
May 31, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	8 hr
May 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable	60 min
May 31, 4:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	119 min
May 31, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	60 min
May 31, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	47 min
May 31, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	60 min
May 31, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	42 min
May 31, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	30 min
May 31, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin	24 min
May 31, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	33 min
May 31, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	48 min
May 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
May 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	46 min
May 31, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	31 min
May 31, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	43 min
May 31, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	46 min
May 31, 7:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	86 min

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	14
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Special Weather Statement	17
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	2
Flood Watch	1
Cold
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	1
Coastal Flood Statement	5
Marine
Gale Warning	3
Special Marine Warning	2
Gale Watch	1
Small Craft Advisory	16
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	2

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2016 2018

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.