Weather alerts in Massachusetts, May 2022

79 weather alerts in May 2022, 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 May 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 79
Warnings: 22
Watches: 5
Advisories: 18
Busiest day: May 16, 202219 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
May 2, 2:25 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		38 hr
May 3, 4:00 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		39 hr
May 5, 3:36 PM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
May 6, 3:38 AM EDT	Gale Watch	BOX		28 hr
May 6, 3:38 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		5 days
May 6, 3:38 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		6 days
May 7, 3:41 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	11 hr
May 9, 2:36 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	Nantucket	17 hr
May 10, 2:10 PM EDT	Gale Warning	BOX		5 hr
May 10, 2:40 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	16 hr
May 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	15 hr
May 12, 7:59 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	12 hr
May 13, 7:09 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	13 hr
May 14, 8:20 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	14 hr
May 15, 3:22 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		67 hr
May 15, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	30 min
May 15, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	41 min
May 15, 7:06 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	15 hr
May 15, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	48 min
May 16, 3:36 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	25 hr
May 16, 12:48 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	87 min
May 16, 12:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	7 hr
May 16, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	57 min
May 16, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	38 min
May 16, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	43 min
May 16, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	53 min
May 16, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	63 min
May 16, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	59 min
May 16, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	67 min
May 16, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	65 min
May 16, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	61 min
May 16, 5:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	97 min
May 16, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	55 min
May 16, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Middlesex, Worcester	5 hr
May 16, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	47 min
May 16, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	45 min
May 16, 6:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more	62 min
May 16, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	42 min
May 20, 3:16 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	7 hr
May 20, 3:16 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	65 hr
May 20, 3:36 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	5 hr
May 21, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		44 min
May 21, 2:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		61 min
May 21, 3:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		44 min
May 21, 3:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		61 min
May 22, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire	7 hr
May 22, 4:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	85 min
May 22, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	61 min
May 22, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		54 min
May 22, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	56 min
May 22, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	66 min
May 22, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	41 min
May 22, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	46 min
May 22, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	24 min
May 22, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	49 min
May 22, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	41 min
May 22, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	40 min
May 22, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	47 min
May 22, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	68 min
May 22, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	52 min
May 25, 6:47 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
May 26, 4:03 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		34 hr
May 27, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	24 min
May 27, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	32 min
May 27, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	27 min
May 28, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	58 min
May 28, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	26 min
May 28, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampden	59 min
May 28, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	28 min
May 28, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	53 min
May 28, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	56 min
May 28, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex	57 min
May 28, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Worcester	53 min
May 28, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Essex	59 min
May 28, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	49 min
May 28, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Franklin	56 min
May 28, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	48 min
May 29, 3:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		52 hr
May 31, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Hampshire	66 min

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	15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	4
Special Weather Statement	29
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Statement	1
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Special Marine Warning	5
Gale Watch	2
Small Craft Advisory	7

By county

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

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2021 2023

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.