Weather alerts in Massachusetts, January 2023

59 weather alerts in January 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 January 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 59
Warnings: 10
Watches: 11
Advisories: 33
Busiest day: January 24, 20237 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, 8:31 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	5 hr
Jan 2, 3:22 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		5 days
Jan 4, 3:21 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	64 hr
Jan 4, 3:24 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		64 hr
Jan 4, 4:51 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	23 hr
Jan 5, 2:40 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 1 more	28 hr
Jan 9, 2:57 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		39 hr
Jan 11, 3:53 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		23 hr
Jan 12, 3:16 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		31 hr
Jan 12, 3:16 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Jan 12, 3:21 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	19 hr
Jan 13, 6:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		20 hr
Jan 13, 3:39 PM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 14, 3:16 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 14, 3:16 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		57 hr
Jan 14, 3:16 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		12 hr
Jan 14, 3:34 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	39 hr
Jan 15, 3:57 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth	36 hr
Jan 16, 5:29 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Jan 18, 8:59 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		19 hr
Jan 18, 3:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	51 hr
Jan 18, 3:12 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	52 hr
Jan 19, 4:35 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	31 hr
Jan 19, 2:52 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		52 hr
Jan 19, 6:21 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	2 hr
Jan 20, 2:39 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	21 hr
Jan 20, 2:44 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Berkshire	37 hr
Jan 21, 2:58 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	12 hr
Jan 21, 2:58 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more	54 hr
Jan 21, 3:26 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	50 hr
Jan 22, 3:14 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	35 hr
Jan 22, 3:14 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		12 hr
Jan 22, 3:14 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Jan 22, 3:14 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	40 hr
Jan 22, 3:49 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	37 hr
Jan 22, 2:55 PM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		37 hr
Jan 23, 8:53 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire	4 hr
Jan 23, 10:18 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	87 min
Jan 23, 11:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	84 min
Jan 23, 1:47 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	3 hr
Jan 24, 3:27 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	ALY	Berkshire	12 hr
Jan 24, 3:37 AM EST	Gale Watch	BOX		25 hr
Jan 24, 3:39 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	11 hr
Jan 24, 2:28 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	41 hr
Jan 24, 2:49 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	40 hr
Jan 24, 2:49 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	34 hr
Jan 24, 3:25 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	48 hr
Jan 24, 8:34 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	30 hr
Jan 25, 4:07 AM EST	Gale Warning	BOX		42 hr
Jan 25, 10:08 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	3 hr
Jan 26, 3:18 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		27 min
Jan 26, 4:12 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	BOX		63 min
Jan 26, 5:00 AM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	21 days
Jan 26, 6:52 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		60 hr
Jan 26, 7:01 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket	12 hr
Jan 27, 3:06 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		26 hr
Jan 28, 10:24 PM EST	River Flood Warning	BOX	Bristol, Plymouth	9 hr
Jan 29, 3:01 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		34 hr
Jan 31, 3:34 PM EST	Wind Chill Watch	ALY	Berkshire	36 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	3
Special Weather Statement	2
Flooding
River Flood Warning	2
Flood Watch	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	4
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Cold
Wind Chill Watch	1
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	4
Marine
Gale Warning	4
Special Marine Warning	2
Gale Watch	5
Small Craft Advisory	13

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.