Weather alerts in Massachusetts, April 2020

79 weather alerts in April 2020, 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 April 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 79
Warnings: 23
Watches: 10
Advisories: 29
Busiest day: April 9, 202013 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
Apr 1, 4:02 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		12 hr
Apr 1, 3:31 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Apr 1, 3:33 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	12 hr
Apr 1, 3:33 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	18 hr
Apr 1, 3:37 PM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Apr 1, 3:37 PM EDT	Storm Watch	BOX		12 hr
Apr 2, 3:08 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		55 hr
Apr 2, 3:08 AM EDT	Storm Warning	BOX		37 hr
Apr 2, 3:11 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket	40 hr
Apr 2, 3:11 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	49 hr
Apr 2, 3:18 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	33 hr
Apr 2, 3:18 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	13 hr
Apr 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	6 hr
Apr 3, 3:46 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		30 hr
Apr 3, 3:32 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	6 hr
Apr 3, 10:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		60 hr
Apr 4, 3:50 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	7 hr
Apr 7, 3:58 PM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Apr 7, 4:18 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	64 hr
Apr 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		58 hr
Apr 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Apr 9, 3:44 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Apr 9, 4:10 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	18 hr
Apr 9, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	52 min
Apr 9, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	61 min
Apr 9, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	64 min
Apr 9, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth	54 min
Apr 9, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	46 min
Apr 9, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	41 min
Apr 9, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	64 min
Apr 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth	58 min
Apr 9, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		57 min
Apr 9, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	66 min
Apr 9, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		2 hr
Apr 10, 3:54 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Dukes, Nantucket	16 hr
Apr 10, 4:15 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		6 hr
Apr 10, 10:14 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		10 hr
Apr 10, 7:52 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		30 hr
Apr 11, 3:29 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	ALY	Berkshire	24 hr
Apr 11, 3:29 PM EDT	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	25 hr
Apr 11, 3:45 PM EDT	Storm Watch	BOX		24 hr
Apr 12, 3:32 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	ALY	Berkshire	27 hr
Apr 12, 4:07 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire and 6 more	28 hr
Apr 12, 4:07 PM EDT	Storm Warning	BOX		28 hr
Apr 12, 4:07 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	27 hr
Apr 13, 2:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	93 min
Apr 13, 6:52 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		4 hr
Apr 13, 10:32 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		7 days
Apr 14, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	3 hr
Apr 17, 3:51 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	30 hr
Apr 17, 3:53 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	30 hr
Apr 17, 2:36 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	19 hr
Apr 17, 4:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		58 hr
Apr 17, 6:32 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	10 hr
Apr 19, 10:46 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		11 hr
Apr 20, 4:00 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Apr 20, 3:36 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	16 hr
Apr 20, 3:36 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	28 hr
Apr 20, 3:38 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		52 hr
Apr 21, 10:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	48 min
Apr 21, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	52 min
Apr 21, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Norfolk	40 min
Apr 21, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Norfolk	42 min
Apr 21, 7:12 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		15 hr
Apr 22, 7:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	29 min
Apr 22, 8:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	47 min
Apr 22, 10:33 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester	8 hr
Apr 22, 7:10 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		21 hr
Apr 23, 4:34 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Apr 25, 3:50 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Apr 25, 4:07 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		63 hr
Apr 25, 4:07 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		8 days
Apr 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Plymouth	51 min
Apr 27, 4:02 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		27 hr
Apr 27, 4:29 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	14 hr
Apr 29, 2:17 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Apr 30, 3:06 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		35 hr
Apr 30, 3:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		33 hr
Apr 30, 2:31 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	9 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	2
Mesoscale Discussion	1
Special Weather Statement	15
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Weather Advisory	2
Cold
Frost Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	3
High Wind Watch	3
Wind Advisory	8
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	6
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	11
Special Marine Warning	2
Storm Warning	2
Gale Watch	4
Storm Watch	2
Small Craft Advisory	12

By county

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

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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.