Weather alerts in Massachusetts, December 2023

80 weather alerts in December 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 80
Warnings: 42
Watches: 10
Advisories: 26
Busiest day: December 18, 202324 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 2, 4:28 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Dec 5, 2:41 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		40 hr
Dec 8, 4:11 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		10 hr
Dec 8, 2:23 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	67 hr
Dec 8, 2:30 PM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	38 hr
Dec 8, 2:38 PM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		37 hr
Dec 8, 2:43 PM EST	Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	69 hr
Dec 9, 2:31 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	14 hr
Dec 10, 3:18 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	32 hr
Dec 10, 3:55 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		29 hr
Dec 10, 3:55 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		29 hr
Dec 10, 4:08 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	29 hr
Dec 10, 4:08 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	25 hr
Dec 10, 4:13 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol	24 hr
Dec 11, 12:32 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester	9 hr
Dec 11, 2:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth	8 hr
Dec 11, 2:41 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more	7 hr
Dec 11, 6:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	21 days
Dec 11, 6:59 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Dec 11, 12:53 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	30 hr
Dec 12, 3:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	25 hr
Dec 12, 1:26 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		42 hr
Dec 13, 2:52 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		24 hr
Dec 14, 3:18 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		25 hr
Dec 16, 4:07 AM EST	Storm Watch	BOX		23 hr
Dec 16, 4:10 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more	23 hr
Dec 16, 2:11 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 1 more	52 hr
Dec 16, 3:24 PM EST	Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	48 hr
Dec 16, 3:24 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	48 hr
Dec 17, 2:59 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 3 more	37 hr
Dec 17, 2:59 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	37 hr
Dec 17, 3:02 AM EST	Storm Warning	BOX		39 hr
Dec 17, 1:45 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex	27 hr
Dec 18, 7:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	8 hr
Dec 18, 7:57 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	11 hr
Dec 18, 8:01 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden	11 hr
Dec 18, 8:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	14 hr
Dec 18, 9:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin	14 hr
Dec 18, 9:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Berkshire, Franklin	13 hr
Dec 18, 9:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	5 hr
Dec 18, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	10 hr
Dec 18, 10:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire	11 hr
Dec 18, 10:57 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 18, 10:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Berkshire, Hampden	7 hr
Dec 18, 11:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	63 min
Dec 18, 11:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	4 days
Dec 18, 12:39 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	13 hr
Dec 18, 12:48 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk	10 days
Dec 18, 2:16 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Worcester	40 hr
Dec 18, 3:25 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		6 hr
Dec 18, 3:29 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	4 hr
Dec 18, 3:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Norfolk, Suffolk	22 hr
Dec 18, 3:34 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol	86 min
Dec 18, 6:09 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden, Hampshire	72 hr
Dec 18, 6:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden	4 days
Dec 18, 6:29 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Dec 18, 6:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	44 hr
Dec 18, 9:40 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	4 days
Dec 18, 9:48 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	51 hr
Dec 18, 9:48 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	63 hr
Dec 18, 9:52 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	66 hr
Dec 18, 11:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	21 days
Dec 18, 11:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex	59 hr
Dec 18, 11:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	67 hr
Dec 19, 12:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Hampden	36 hr
Dec 19, 4:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	8 hr
Dec 19, 9:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex, Norfolk	24 hr
Dec 19, 2:56 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Dec 19, 3:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Essex	25 hr
Dec 20, 2:29 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		35 hr
Dec 20, 12:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	3 days
Dec 20, 3:48 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		54 hr
Dec 24, 8:56 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 2 more	12 hr
Dec 25, 7:01 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more	18 hr
Dec 25, 9:15 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	14 hr
Dec 26, 7:22 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more	12 hr
Dec 27, 5:42 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Dec 28, 1:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Middlesex	6 hr
Dec 29, 2:27 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		41 hr
Dec 30, 2:29 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		17 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	1
Special Weather Statement	1
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	29
Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	4
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	3
Marine
Gale Warning	3
Storm Warning	2
Gale Watch	2
Storm Watch	2
Small Craft Advisory	11

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.