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Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, 2016

32 mesoscale discussions in 2016. 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.

Mesoscale Discussions by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
32
Busiest month
July10 mesoscale discussions
Busiest day
July 18, 20163 mesoscale discussions

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 12:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol6 hr
Jan 23, 6:40 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth4 hr
Feb 5, 7:44 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 4 more6 hr
Feb 8, 6:24 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more6 hr
Feb 8, 12:30 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more5 hr
Feb 15, 6:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more5 hr
Feb 25, 2:40 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester95 min
Apr 1, 1:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin119 min
Jun 7, 12:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more2 hr
Jul 1, 12:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire114 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester84 min
Jul 14, 10:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire115 min
Jul 14, 3:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire88 min
Jul 18, 11:40 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 1 more95 min
Jul 18, 3:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 4 more84 min
Jul 18, 6:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more86 min
Jul 23, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Suffolk and 1 more92 min
Jul 23, 6:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more54 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Hampden83 min
Aug 6, 2:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin and 7 more2 hr
Aug 13, 3:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire2 hr
Aug 13, 6:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester3 hr
Aug 13, 8:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester2 hr
Aug 14, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Bristol, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Norfolk and 1 more2 hr
Aug 16, 12:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more53 min
Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire90 min
Sep 11, 7:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester2 hr
Sep 11, 10:01 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk2 hr
Sep 14, 1:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire87 min
Dec 17, 6:57 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Hampden, Hampshire5 hr
Dec 29, 3:09 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester6 hr
Dec 29, 9:10 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMiddlesex, Worcester6 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.

  1. July 18, 20163mesoscale discussions
  2. January 23, 20162mesoscale discussions
  3. February 8, 20162mesoscale discussions
  4. July 1, 20162mesoscale discussions
  5. July 14, 20162mesoscale discussions
  6. July 23, 20162mesoscale discussions
  7. August 13, 20162mesoscale discussions
  8. August 14, 20162mesoscale discussions
  9. September 11, 20162mesoscale discussions
  10. February 5, 20161mesoscale discussions
  11. February 15, 20161mesoscale discussions
  12. February 25, 20161mesoscale discussions

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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. Rebuilt daily.