Weather alerts in Massachusetts, October 2017

82 weather alerts in October 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 October 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 82
Warnings: 26
Watches: 7
Advisories: 38
Busiest day: October 25, 201723 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
Oct 1, 3:15 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	17 hr
Oct 3, 4:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		62 hr
Oct 6, 11:10 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	13 hr
Oct 7, 3:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Oct 9, 10:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex	67 min
Oct 10, 2:57 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Oct 12, 3:47 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	28 hr
Oct 12, 4:26 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more	27 hr
Oct 13, 4:09 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BOX		12 hr
Oct 14, 3:59 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Oct 14, 6:17 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	15 hr
Oct 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Dukes, Nantucket	4 hr
Oct 15, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	51 min
Oct 16, 4:16 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	28 hr
Oct 16, 3:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		18 hr
Oct 17, 3:01 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		20 hr
Oct 18, 3:31 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		42 hr
Oct 22, 5:13 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		23 hr
Oct 23, 3:23 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Hampden, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	7 hr
Oct 23, 4:19 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Oct 23, 3:36 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	27 hr
Oct 23, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Oct 23, 3:58 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		43 hr
Oct 23, 4:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	52 hr
Oct 23, 4:04 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	40 hr
Oct 24, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	118 min
Oct 24, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	3 hr
Oct 24, 8:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 3 more	65 min
Oct 24, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	39 min
Oct 24, 9:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	4 hr
Oct 24, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	42 min
Oct 24, 9:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	4 hr
Oct 24, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	93 min
Oct 24, 10:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 24, 11:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	56 min
Oct 25, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	35 min
Oct 25, 1:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	3 hr
Oct 25, 1:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	38 min
Oct 25, 1:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 25, 3:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	116 min
Oct 25, 3:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	117 min
Oct 25, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	2 hr
Oct 25, 5:26 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		70 hr
Oct 25, 7:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	115 min
Oct 25, 7:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	119 min
Oct 25, 12:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	3 hr
Oct 25, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes	6 hr
Oct 25, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		57 min
Oct 25, 4:00 PM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr
Oct 26, 3:10 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		22 hr
Oct 26, 3:10 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		7 hr
Oct 26, 7:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	87 min
Oct 26, 8:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	6 hr
Oct 26, 1:49 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	11 hr
Oct 28, 3:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	50 hr
Oct 28, 3:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	49 hr
Oct 28, 4:01 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	ALY	Berkshire	33 hr
Oct 28, 4:31 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	45 hr
Oct 28, 4:37 PM EDT	Storm Warning	BOX		32 hr
Oct 29, 3:42 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	ALY	Berkshire	34 hr
Oct 29, 12:21 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	22 hr
Oct 29, 1:00 PM EDT	Hurricane Force Wind Warning	BOX		17 hr
Oct 29, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	5 hr
Oct 29, 8:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	10 hr
Oct 29, 10:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol	6 hr
Oct 29, 11:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	6 hr
Oct 29, 11:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Dukes, Nantucket	77 min
Oct 30, 12:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	3 hr
Oct 30, 2:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	23 hr
Oct 30, 2:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 30, 2:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	4 hr
Oct 30, 3:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol	115 min
Oct 30, 3:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol	3 hr
Oct 30, 4:07 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		16 hr
Oct 30, 4:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	112 min
Oct 30, 4:15 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	13 hr
Oct 30, 4:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	3 hr
Oct 30, 6:07 AM EDT	Storm Warning	BOX		7 hr
Oct 30, 9:01 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	12 hr
Oct 30, 1:23 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	5 hr
Oct 30, 7:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
Oct 31, 3:24 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk and 1 more	30 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	1
Special Weather Statement	9
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Warning	5
River Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	12
Cold
Frost Advisory	5
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	3
Hurricane Force Wind Warning	1
Special Marine Warning	1
Storm Warning	2
Gale Watch	2
Small Craft Advisory	11
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.