Weather alerts in Massachusetts, January 2021

64 weather alerts in January 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 64
Warnings: 12
Watches: 10
Advisories: 33
Busiest day: January 31, 202110 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
Jan 1, 3:27 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		36 hr
Jan 1, 3:27 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		7 days
Jan 1, 9:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	57 min
Jan 2, 6:59 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
Jan 2, 3:40 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	38 hr
Jan 2, 3:56 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	35 hr
Jan 3, 4:00 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 days
Jan 5, 3:48 AM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Norfolk, Plymouth	14 hr
Jan 5, 3:48 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	14 hr
Jan 5, 7:54 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	11 hr
Jan 5, 8:04 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	11 hr
Jan 5, 8:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	91 min
Jan 8, 3:38 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		58 hr
Jan 14, 4:01 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 14, 4:01 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		36 hr
Jan 15, 4:04 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		33 hr
Jan 15, 3:28 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	20 hr
Jan 15, 3:35 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	23 hr
Jan 15, 3:44 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	21 hr
Jan 16, 3:03 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	9 hr
Jan 16, 7:50 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Franklin	4 hr
Jan 16, 1:08 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		35 hr
Jan 17, 9:23 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	9 hr
Jan 17, 6:01 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		9 hr
Jan 18, 3:26 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 days
Jan 19, 3:53 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		53 hr
Jan 20, 12:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	40 min
Jan 20, 1:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	56 min
Jan 22, 3:52 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 22, 3:52 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		13 hr
Jan 22, 3:24 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		53 hr
Jan 22, 4:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	24 min
Jan 22, 5:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	32 min
Jan 23, 4:09 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		30 hr
Jan 23, 6:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk	62 min
Jan 23, 3:15 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable	22 hr
Jan 24, 3:12 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		31 hr
Jan 25, 3:02 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	37 hr
Jan 25, 3:26 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	43 hr
Jan 27, 3:53 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		24 hr
Jan 27, 3:49 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Jan 28, 3:31 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		42 hr
Jan 28, 3:32 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	32 hr
Jan 28, 3:38 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	32 hr
Jan 28, 3:53 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	BOX		30 hr
Jan 28, 3:53 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	BOX		48 hr
Jan 28, 3:53 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	12 hr
Jan 29, 3:26 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Nantucket	16 hr
Jan 29, 12:47 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	21 hr
Jan 29, 3:10 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	19 hr
Jan 29, 10:18 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		41 hr
Jan 30, 3:51 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		36 hr
Jan 30, 3:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	24 hr
Jan 30, 3:34 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Berkshire	36 hr
Jan 31, 3:49 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Jan 31, 3:50 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 31, 3:37 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	37 hr
Jan 31, 3:39 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		51 hr
Jan 31, 3:39 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	33 hr
Jan 31, 3:39 PM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		42 hr
Jan 31, 3:52 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	12 hr
Jan 31, 4:11 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	50 hr
Jan 31, 4:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	53 hr
Jan 31, 4:53 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes	23 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
Special Weather Statement	7
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Watch	3
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Cold
Wind Chill Advisory	4
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	3
Coastal Flood Statement	2
Marine
Gale Warning	6
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	1
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	4
Storm Watch	1
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	3
Small Craft Advisory	10

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.