Alert archive / Massachusetts / Berkshire County

Weather alerts in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 2011

233 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Berkshire County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
233
Warnings
77
Watches
29
Advisories
55
Busiest month
June44 alerts
Busiest day
June 9, 201114 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Berkshire County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them.

Berkshire County, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings383118%3494%30 min
Flash flood warnings6350%367%242 min

Each office's whole area, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings11373%956%25 min
NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings18911838%40288%29 min
NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings492451%9469%95 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 6, 4:33 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY23 hr
Jan 7, 3:30 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY31 hr
Jan 7, 11:46 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 10, 10:23 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY26 hr
Jan 11, 3:40 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY42 hr
Jan 12, 6:27 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 17, 4:07 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY12 hr
Jan 17, 4:23 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY34 hr
Jan 18, 3:33 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 18, 8:01 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 18, 12:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 20, 3:57 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY32 hr
Jan 20, 3:30 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY21 hr
Jan 21, 12:30 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 21, 3:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY58 min
Jan 22, 4:04 PM ESTWind Chill WatchALY24 hr
Jan 23, 4:14 PM ESTWind Chill WarningALY17 hr
Jan 25, 3:54 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY24 hr
Jan 25, 4:43 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY7 hr
Jan 26, 3:49 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY25 hr
Jan 31, 3:39 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY12 hr
Jan 31, 3:15 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY52 hr
Feb 1, 2:42 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 2, 6:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Feb 5, 4:39 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY22 hr
Feb 5, 8:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY60 min
Feb 7, 3:46 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY23 hr
Feb 12, 4:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY30 min
Feb 12, 4:57 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY33 min
Feb 14, 4:35 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY24 hr
Feb 14, 3:10 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryALY13 hr
Feb 14, 3:15 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningALY13 hr
Feb 18, 4:03 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY41 hr
Feb 18, 3:36 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningALY30 hr
Feb 19, 5:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY57 min
Feb 20, 4:07 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY32 hr
Feb 24, 4:31 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY39 hr
Feb 24, 10:16 AM ESTFlood WatchALY28 hr
Feb 24, 4:14 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY27 hr
Feb 26, 2:20 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY20 hr
Feb 27, 2:47 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY21 hr
Feb 28, 5:19 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 28, 9:13 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Mar 5, 4:01 PM ESTFlood WatchALY42 hr
Mar 6, 3:53 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY32 hr
Mar 6, 12:19 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALY24 hr
Mar 6, 12:59 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 6, 1:52 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Mar 6, 7:13 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningALY12 hr
Mar 6, 7:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 7, 12:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALY11 hr
Mar 7, 6:58 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningALY24 hr
Mar 7, 5:19 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALY9 hr
Mar 9, 1:00 PM ESTFlood WatchALY53 hr
Mar 9, 3:39 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY21 hr
Mar 10, 3:52 PM ESTWind AdvisoryALY12 hr
Mar 10, 9:27 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningALY36 hr
Mar 15, 4:29 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY20 hr
Mar 17, 3:45 PM EDTWind AdvisoryALY26 hr
Mar 20, 2:44 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY25 hr
Mar 23, 3:40 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY19 hr
Mar 30, 4:22 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchALY23 hr
Mar 31, 3:42 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningALY34 hr
Apr 3, 3:01 PM EDTFlood WatchALY39 hr
Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDTWind AdvisoryALY37 hr
Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Apr 17, 5:14 AM EDTWind AdvisoryALY16 hr
Apr 20, 9:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY29 min
Apr 27, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY27 min
Apr 28, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 28, 11:49 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Apr 28, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY27 min
May 16, 3:33 PM EDTFlood WatchALY61 hr
May 20, 2:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY6 hr
May 20, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY3 hr
May 24, 1:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 24, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY28 min
May 24, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY53 min
May 26, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY61 min
May 26, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY67 min
May 26, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY58 min
May 27, 12:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 27, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 27, 5:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 30, 12:28 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jun 1, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 1, 12:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 1, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY30 min
Jun 1, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY42 min
Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY81 min
Jun 1, 4:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY66 min
Jun 1, 7:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 8, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY68 min
Jun 8, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY20 min
Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY54 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY59 min
Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 8, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY43 min
Jun 8, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY38 min
Jun 8, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jun 9, 12:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY42 min
Jun 9, 9:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jun 9, 11:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jun 9, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 9, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY67 min
Jun 9, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY65 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY50 min
Jun 9, 3:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jun 9, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY51 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jun 11, 9:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jun 15, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOX47 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jun 17, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY53 min
Jun 17, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Jun 22, 4:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY37 hr
Jun 25, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY46 min
Jun 25, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jun 28, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY35 min
Jun 28, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY61 min
Jun 28, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY34 min
Jun 29, 12:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY46 min
Jul 3, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY45 min
Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY45 min
Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY40 min
Jul 6, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY65 min
Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 6, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY64 min
Jul 6, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY27 min
Jul 8, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY62 min
Jul 20, 3:52 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY28 hr
Jul 26, 11:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 26, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 26, 1:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jul 26, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY63 min
Jul 26, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY39 min
Jul 26, 3:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY91 min
Jul 26, 3:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jul 26, 6:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Aug 1, 12:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Aug 1, 2:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Aug 1, 6:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Aug 14, 3:59 PM EDTFlood WatchALY30 hr
Aug 16, 1:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 19, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 19, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY28 min
Aug 19, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY44 min
Aug 19, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY26 min
Aug 19, 4:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 19, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY34 min
Aug 19, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY33 min
Aug 19, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY66 min
Aug 19, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY37 min
Aug 19, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY41 min
Aug 19, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY34 min
Aug 19, 6:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Aug 21, 11:54 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 21, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY63 min
Aug 21, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 21, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY54 min
Aug 21, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY61 min
Aug 21, 4:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 21, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY26 min
Aug 21, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY65 min
Aug 21, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY4 hr
Aug 21, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningALY39 min
Aug 21, 7:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Aug 21, 7:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY3 hr
Aug 21, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY48 min
Aug 21, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY24 min
Aug 26, 4:47 AM EDTFlood WatchALY66 hr
Aug 26, 5:21 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchALY36 hr
Aug 26, 5:43 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningALY53 hr
Aug 28, 4:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY6 hr
Aug 28, 4:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY22 hr
Aug 28, 8:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY12 hr
Aug 28, 9:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY20 hr
Aug 28, 10:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY18 hr
Aug 28, 10:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY23 hr
Aug 28, 12:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY6 hr
Aug 28, 3:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY44 hr
Sep 3, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY3 days
Sep 4, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY56 min
Sep 5, 2:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY45 min
Sep 5, 6:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 6, 2:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Sep 6, 5:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY5 hr
Sep 6, 1:03 PM EDTFlood WatchALY47 hr
Sep 7, 2:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Sep 7, 8:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY67 hr
Sep 7, 10:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY8 hr
Sep 7, 11:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY7 hr
Sep 8, 2:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Sep 8, 3:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY10 hr
Sep 8, 8:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY4 hr
Sep 16, 3:12 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY29 hr
Sep 16, 3:12 AM EDTFreeze WarningALY29 hr
Sep 17, 3:16 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY26 hr
Sep 22, 3:35 PM EDTFlood WatchALY36 hr
Sep 23, 4:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Sep 28, 11:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 29, 7:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY56 min
Sep 29, 8:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY4 hr
Sep 29, 10:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY4 hr
Sep 29, 11:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Sep 29, 4:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 29, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY60 min
Sep 29, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY56 min
Sep 30, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY28 min
Sep 30, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY100 min
Oct 5, 4:27 AM EDTFreeze WarningALY30 hr
Oct 14, 2:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Oct 14, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY40 min
Oct 19, 11:50 AM EDTWind AdvisoryALY16 hr
Oct 28, 4:14 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchALY12 hr
Oct 28, 4:11 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningALY37 hr
Oct 29, 1:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Nov 22, 4:54 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY31 hr
Dec 7, 4:01 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY24 hr
Dec 7, 12:09 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY16 hr
Dec 7, 10:25 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Dec 14, 3:46 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY13 hr
Dec 16, 2:27 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY11 hr
Dec 22, 3:15 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY30 hr
Dec 28, 3:33 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY13 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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.