Alert archive / Massachusetts / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2023
24 flood watches in 2023. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- July13 flood watches
- Busiest day
- July 8, 20232 flood watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2:28 PM EST | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 41 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:17 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 67 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:23 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 52 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:06 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 57 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:12 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Norfolk, Worcester | 36 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:57 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 49 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:09 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more | 44 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:52 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 32 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 33 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 31 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:08 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:05 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:10 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 19 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:00 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 12, 12:58 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:23 PM EST | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 67 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:43 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 69 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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.