Weather alerts in Massachusetts, December 2018

71 weather alerts in December 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 71
Warnings: 15
Watches: 6
Advisories: 40
Busiest day: December 21, 201810 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
Nov 30, 7:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	3 hr
Dec 1, 2:25 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	32 hr
Dec 1, 2:41 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Dec 2, 3:37 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more	17 hr
Dec 2, 3:47 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
Dec 2, 6:10 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		49 hr
Dec 4, 10:06 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 hr
Dec 5, 1:59 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Dec 6, 4:25 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		23 hr
Dec 7, 10:21 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 hr
Dec 8, 4:19 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		101 min
Dec 8, 9:45 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		13 hr
Dec 9, 3:32 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		2 hr
Dec 9, 9:33 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		18 hr
Dec 10, 11:17 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 hr
Dec 11, 2:43 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		42 hr
Dec 14, 3:38 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Dec 14, 3:39 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		25 hr
Dec 15, 3:33 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Dec 15, 3:51 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	37 hr
Dec 15, 4:10 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		39 hr
Dec 15, 4:10 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Dec 16, 9:24 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin	4 hr
Dec 16, 9:36 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin	4 hr
Dec 17, 3:56 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		43 hr
Dec 17, 4:02 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	19 hr
Dec 17, 7:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	64 min
Dec 17, 8:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	47 min
Dec 17, 9:22 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	ALY	Berkshire	38 min
Dec 17, 9:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	60 min
Dec 17, 9:47 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	28 min
Dec 17, 10:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	54 min
Dec 17, 10:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
Dec 18, 3:25 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		18 hr
Dec 19, 3:57 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		11 hr
Dec 19, 3:04 PM EST	Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	58 hr
Dec 19, 3:13 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		55 hr
Dec 19, 3:17 PM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	24 hr
Dec 19, 3:18 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	58 hr
Dec 20, 3:42 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	31 hr
Dec 20, 3:16 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 1 more	28 hr
Dec 20, 3:16 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex and 5 more	31 hr
Dec 20, 3:18 PM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		24 hr
Dec 20, 3:22 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth	30 hr
Dec 21, 6:19 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	6 hr
Dec 21, 9:36 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	3 hr
Dec 21, 12:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	3 hr
Dec 21, 12:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	16 hr
Dec 21, 12:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	24 hr
Dec 21, 12:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden	72 hr
Dec 21, 2:57 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	5 hr
Dec 21, 3:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	5 hr
Dec 21, 4:55 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		35 min
Dec 21, 4:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Dukes, Plymouth	33 min
Dec 21, 10:00 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		27 hr
Dec 21, 10:19 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	15 hr
Dec 22, 3:46 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	15 hr
Dec 22, 4:17 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	14 hr
Dec 22, 10:07 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		22 hr
Dec 24, 3:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 26, 1:05 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		14 hr
Dec 26, 2:48 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Dec 26, 2:53 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	44 hr
Dec 26, 3:14 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	45 hr
Dec 27, 2:18 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		30 hr
Dec 27, 2:18 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
Dec 28, 3:46 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	15 hr
Dec 28, 8:13 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Dec 28, 10:06 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 4 more	8 hr
Dec 30, 2:26 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	38 hr
Dec 30, 3:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	34 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	8
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	4
Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Snow Squall Warning	1
Winter Weather Advisory	7
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	2
Marine
Gale Warning	5
Special Marine Warning	1
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	3
Small Craft Advisory	20

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.