Alert archive / Massachusetts / Franklin County

Weather alerts in Franklin County, Massachusetts, 2013

201 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Franklin County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 201
Warnings: 41
Watches: 31
Advisories: 65
Busiest month: June38 alerts
Busiest day: May 22, 201311 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 4 tornado warnings covering Franklin County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them.

Franklin County, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	4	0	100%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	19	15	21%	31	81%	26 min
Flash flood warnings	10	4	60%	5	100%	86 min

Each office's whole area, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Boston/Norton, MA: tornado warnings	12	0	100%	4	0%
NWS Boston/Norton, MA: severe thunderstorm warnings	91	48	47%	169	64%	23 min
NWS Boston/Norton, MA: flash flood warnings	61	23	62%	97	81%	66 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 11, 3:56 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	27 hr
Jan 12, 4:56 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	38 hr
Jan 15, 4:05 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	39 hr
Jan 20, 3:57 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	15 hr
Jan 22, 4:02 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	30 hr
Jan 23, 10:35 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	23 hr
Jan 24, 9:55 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BOX	24 hr
Jan 27, 3:59 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	36 hr
Jan 29, 4:26 AM EST	High Wind Watch	BOX	32 hr
Jan 29, 3:43 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	9 hr
Jan 30, 4:53 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BOX	29 hr
Jan 30, 8:16 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	20 hr
Jan 30, 3:00 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	16 hr
Jan 31, 5:22 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
Jan 31, 9:19 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	9 hr
Feb 6, 4:18 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	36 hr
Feb 7, 3:55 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	44 hr
Feb 8, 4:51 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Feb 8, 8:37 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 10, 4:07 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	21 hr
Feb 11, 4:08 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	10 hr
Feb 22, 3:54 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	24 hr
Feb 23, 3:45 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	44 hr
Feb 25, 4:37 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	24 hr
Feb 26, 1:14 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	6 hr
Feb 26, 4:52 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	35 hr
Feb 26, 4:41 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	15 hr
Mar 6, 4:20 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	51 hr
Mar 6, 4:20 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	52 hr
Mar 11, 3:17 PM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	37 hr
Mar 17, 4:11 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	13 hr
Mar 18, 4:53 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	37 hr
Apr 6, 4:42 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	BOX	12 hr
Apr 11, 3:54 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	24 hr
Apr 12, 4:06 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	24 hr
Apr 19, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	49 min
Apr 19, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	40 min
Apr 19, 10:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 9, 6:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	113 min
May 21, 12:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 21, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 21, 4:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
May 21, 8:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
May 21, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	39 min
May 21, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ALY	67 min
May 22, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
May 22, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	84 min
May 22, 4:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 22, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	40 min
May 22, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	65 min
May 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	42 min
May 22, 5:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	50 min
May 22, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	46 min
May 22, 8:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
May 23, 11:23 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
May 23, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	2 hr
May 23, 2:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	119 min
May 23, 6:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
May 23, 9:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
May 23, 9:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	12 hr
May 26, 4:34 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	14 hr
May 29, 11:38 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 29, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 29, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	37 min
May 29, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	55 min
May 29, 8:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	59 min
May 29, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	58 min
May 29, 8:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	60 min
May 29, 9:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Jun 2, 11:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 2, 1:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jun 2, 4:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 2, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	39 min
Jun 2, 6:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 2, 10:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	114 min
Jun 6, 3:50 PM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	41 hr
Jun 7, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BOX	4 hr
Jun 10, 4:00 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	40 hr
Jun 12, 10:47 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BOX	61 hr
Jun 17, 12:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jun 17, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 17, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	114 min
Jun 17, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	116 min
Jun 24, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	54 min
Jun 24, 3:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	49 min
Jun 24, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	62 min
Jun 24, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	52 min
Jun 24, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	60 min
Jun 24, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	59 min
Jun 24, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	65 min
Jun 25, 5:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Jun 25, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	44 min
Jun 26, 4:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	57 hr
Jun 28, 12:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 28, 2:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	63 min
Jun 28, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	48 min
Jun 28, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	38 min
Jun 28, 6:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	2 hr
Jun 29, 1:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	48 min
Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 30, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	38 min
Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	2 hr
Jun 30, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	42 min
Jun 30, 4:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	115 min
Jun 30, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	44 min
Jul 1, 4:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	64 hr
Jul 1, 12:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	3 hr
Jul 3, 7:24 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	25 hr
Jul 4, 3:55 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	27 hr
Jul 7, 2:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jul 7, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	43 min
Jul 7, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	38 min
Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	41 min
Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BOX	23 min
Jul 8, 4:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	15 hr
Jul 10, 4:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	38 hr
Jul 16, 4:10 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	27 hr
Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	26 hr
Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	23 hr
Jul 18, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	46 min
Jul 20, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 22, 10:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	2 hr
Jul 23, 4:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	15 hr
Jul 23, 5:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
Jul 23, 6:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	2 hr
Jul 23, 6:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
Jul 23, 10:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	113 min
Aug 4, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	24 min
Aug 4, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	43 min
Aug 9, 4:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	15 hr
Aug 9, 7:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	119 min
Aug 9, 12:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	3 hr
Aug 28, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	29 min
Aug 28, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	113 min
Aug 28, 6:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	119 min
Aug 28, 11:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	2 hr
Aug 31, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	40 min
Aug 31, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	41 min
Aug 31, 3:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	4 hr
Sep 1, 2:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	63 min
Sep 2, 4:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	21 hr
Sep 2, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	51 min
Sep 5, 3:50 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	15 hr
Sep 10, 10:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	53 min
Sep 10, 4:26 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BOX	26 hr
Sep 11, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Sep 11, 6:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Sep 11, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	62 min
Sep 11, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	66 min
Sep 11, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	63 min
Sep 11, 9:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Sep 12, 12:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Sep 12, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Sep 12, 1:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BOX	8 hr
Sep 12, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	65 min
Sep 12, 2:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	3 hr
Sep 12, 3:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Sep 12, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	45 min
Sep 12, 6:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
Sep 12, 8:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Sep 16, 4:09 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	28 hr
Sep 17, 4:08 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	28 hr
Sep 23, 3:31 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	16 hr
Sep 29, 3:57 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	14 hr
Oct 6, 7:15 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	9 hr
Oct 7, 4:21 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	18 hr
Oct 7, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	111 min
Oct 7, 2:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Oct 7, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 7, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	89 min
Oct 7, 3:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	3 hr
Oct 7, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	58 min
Oct 7, 4:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Oct 7, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOX	63 min
Oct 8, 4:32 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	28 hr
Oct 13, 4:22 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BOX	27 hr
Oct 31, 3:34 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BOX	24 hr
Nov 1, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BOX	64 min
Nov 18, 2:31 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Nov 18, 4:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	87 min
Nov 18, 5:11 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Nov 23, 4:45 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BOX	31 hr
Nov 26, 11:45 AM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	28 hr
Nov 26, 7:05 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	7 hr
Nov 27, 4:34 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	BOX	12 hr
Nov 27, 4:10 PM EST	Flood Watch	BOX	110 min
Dec 1, 5:37 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BOX	5 hr
Dec 5, 1:25 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BOX	14 hr
Dec 6, 4:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	23 hr
Dec 8, 4:25 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	35 hr
Dec 13, 4:27 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BOX	25 hr
Dec 13, 4:14 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	38 hr
Dec 14, 8:16 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Dec 15, 3:37 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Dec 15, 9:08 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	3 hr
Dec 16, 4:03 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	30 hr
Dec 26, 12:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BOX	114 min
Dec 29, 11:13 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BOX	11 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	19
Tornado Warning	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	9
Mesoscale Discussion	32
Special Weather Statement	32
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Watch	9
Flood Watch	7
Areal Flood Advisory	20
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	5
Winter Storm Watch	5
Freezing Rain Advisory	4
Winter Weather Advisory	13
Heat
Heat Advisory	6
Cold
Frost Advisory	7
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	5
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2012 2014

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.