Weather alerts in Massachusetts, July 2024

73 weather alerts in July 2024, 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 July 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 73
Warnings: 29
Watches: 6
Advisories: 16
Busiest day: July 17, 202421 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
Jul 5, 2:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		44 hr
Jul 6, 3:44 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	16 hr
Jul 6, 5:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire	113 min
Jul 6, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	29 min
Jul 6, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	27 min
Jul 6, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	22 min
Jul 6, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	31 min
Jul 7, 3:39 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	4 days
Jul 8, 2:56 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth	8 hr
Jul 8, 2:59 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	53 hr
Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	15 hr
Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	2 hr
Jul 9, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	41 min
Jul 9, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	39 min
Jul 9, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	14 min
Jul 9, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	39 min
Jul 10, 3:46 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		4 days
Jul 10, 3:01 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket	29 hr
Jul 12, 3:03 AM EDT	Flood Watch	ALY	Berkshire	24 hr
Jul 12, 3:17 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	36 hr
Jul 12, 2:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		15 hr
Jul 13, 9:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		6 hr
Jul 13, 10:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Bristol	56 min
Jul 13, 3:06 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	24 hr
Jul 13, 3:06 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	4 days
Jul 15, 2:44 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		16 hr
Jul 15, 2:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more	2 hr
Jul 15, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	22 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		56 min
Jul 15, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		58 min
Jul 15, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		66 min
Jul 15, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Plymouth	21 min
Jul 15, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	46 min
Jul 16, 6:35 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		3 days
Jul 16, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire	6 hr
Jul 16, 5:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	86 min
Jul 16, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	35 min
Jul 16, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	57 min
Jul 16, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more	5 hr
Jul 16, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ALY	Berkshire	38 min
Jul 16, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	67 min
Jul 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ALY	Berkshire	36 min
Jul 16, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	35 min
Jul 16, 7:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Essex, Franklin, Middlesex	2 hr
Jul 16, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester	54 min
Jul 16, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	15 min
Jul 16, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	39 min
Jul 16, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	53 min
Jul 16, 8:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester	15 min
Jul 16, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Worcester	34 min
Jul 16, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more	43 min
Jul 16, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester	15 min
Jul 16, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BOX		60 min
Jul 17, 3:20 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	17 hr
Jul 17, 12:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire	2 hr
Jul 17, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 1 more	10 hr
Jul 17, 3:39 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	BOX	Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth	28 hr
Jul 17, 3:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	115 min
Jul 17, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Berkshire	24 min
Jul 17, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	46 min
Jul 17, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	62 min
Jul 17, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Berkshire	12 min
Jul 17, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire	58 min
Jul 17, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampshire	25 min
Jul 17, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester	64 min
Jul 17, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	Middlesex, Worcester	64 min
Jul 17, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Hampden, Middlesex, Worcester	67 min
Jul 17, 7:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more	2 hr
Jul 17, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester	23 min
Jul 25, 2:15 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 28, 3:09 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	BOX	Barnstable, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk	27 hr
Jul 28, 3:10 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		38 hr
Jul 30, 3:13 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BOX		44 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	24
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	8
Special Weather Statement	11
Flooding
Flood Watch	2
Heat
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
High Surf Advisory	2
Rip Current Statement	3
Marine
Special Marine Warning	4
Small Craft Advisory	8

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.