Alert archive / Massachusetts / 2020
Weather alerts in Massachusetts, January 2020
55 weather alerts in January 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 January 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 55
- Warnings
- 10
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest day
- January 8, 20207 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 55 min |
| Dec 31, 8:51 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 42 min |
| Dec 31, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 85 min |
| Dec 31, 9:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 54 min |
| Jan 1, 12:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin | 66 min |
| Jan 2, 4:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 3, 3:44 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 23 hr | |
| Jan 4, 3:42 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Jan 4, 2:58 PM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 30 hr | |
| Jan 5, 4:17 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 6, 4:01 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 29 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:52 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 7, 3:53 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 50 hr | |
| Jan 7, 8:38 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 7 hr | |
| Jan 7, 11:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 17 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:58 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 63 min |
| Jan 8, 1:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 58 min |
| Jan 8, 2:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Worcester | 55 min |
| Jan 8, 2:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Middlesex | 67 min |
| Jan 8, 3:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Essex | 52 min |
| Jan 8, 3:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth | 61 min |
| Jan 8, 5:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 57 min |
| Jan 9, 4:03 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Jan 9, 10:39 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 17 hr | |
| Jan 9, 10:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 41 hr | |
| Jan 10, 4:05 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 10, 4:05 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:42 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 35 hr | |
| Jan 11, 3:42 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 9 hr | |
| Jan 11, 1:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:24 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 26 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 30 hr | |
| Jan 14, 3:44 PM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 12 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:26 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 64 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 39 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:57 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 28 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 38 min |
| Jan 16, 4:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Berkshire | 51 min |
| Jan 16, 4:11 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | BOX | 19 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:13 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 46 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 36 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:00 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 15 hr | |
| Jan 18, 3:40 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Jan 20, 6:53 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 9 hr | |
| Jan 24, 3:52 AM EST | Gale Watch | BOX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 24, 3:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 4 days | |
| Jan 24, 4:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:33 AM EST | Gale Warning | BOX | 20 hr | |
| Jan 29, 3:55 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 35 hr | |
| Jan 31, 3:35 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 7 |
| Gale Watch | 6 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 14 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.