Alert archive / Massachusetts / Dukes County
Weather alerts in Dukes County, Massachusetts, 2024
93 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Dukes County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 93
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- January13 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 20, 20244 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Dukes County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings | 8 | 3 | 63% | 12 | 58% | 19 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 102 | 66 | 35% | 364 | 74% | 21 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings | 10 | 7 | 30% | 22 | 100% | 78 min |
| NWS Boston/Norton, MA: tornado warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 2 | 50% | 0 min |
| NWS Boston/Norton, MA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 109 | 81 | 26% | 290 | 91% | 26 min |
| NWS Boston/Norton, MA: flash flood warnings | 21 | 5 | 76% | 13 | 85% | 59 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:55 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 41 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:53 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | 25 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:12 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | 40 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:47 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | 20 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:20 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:04 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:23 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:26 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:25 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | 37 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 32 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:28 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 28 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:11 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 31 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:07 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:56 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | 33 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:59 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:41 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | 50 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:36 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | 35 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:41 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | 37 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:27 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:40 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 34 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:18 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 51 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:22 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | 36 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:58 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:52 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | 35 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 29 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:37 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 35 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:38 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | 42 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:52 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | 44 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:45 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | 26 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | 39 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:00 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | BOX | 14 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | 25 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:45 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | BOX | 33 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:06 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | BOX | 19 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 21 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 11 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:37 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | 35 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 26 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:58 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:57 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | 28 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:06 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BOX | 11 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BOX | 18 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:18 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | 18 hr |
| May 7, 9:02 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 5 hr |
| May 23, 10:11 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 1:06 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | 10 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:29 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:08 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | 36 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:15 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 23 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:44 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 16 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:56 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | 8 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | 15 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:01 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | 29 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:20 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 17 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:39 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 28 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:15 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:06 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 18 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:06 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | 42 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:25 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:14 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 3 days |
| Aug 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 12 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 26, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:56 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 53 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:11 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | 11 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:22 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 47 hr |
| Sep 19, 11:38 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | BOX | 16 hr |
| Sep 19, 11:38 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | 4 days |
| Sep 20, 3:08 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 38 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:08 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 15 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:08 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 26 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 51 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:01 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | 30 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:07 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 24 hr |
| Oct 25, 6:56 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:04 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 28 hr |
| Nov 5, 4:01 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 26 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:58 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 51 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:03 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 27 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:05 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 51 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:01 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:00 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 21 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:01 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 51 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:22 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | 22 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:27 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:29 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | BOX | 26 hr |
| Nov 18, 6:29 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | BOX | 24 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | 42 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:51 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | 25 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:08 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | 33 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 Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 5 |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 6 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| High Surf Advisory | 4 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 10 |
| Rip Current Statement | 9 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.