Alert archive / Massachusetts / Mesoscale Discussions / 2020
Mesoscale Discussions in Massachusetts, August 2020
14 mesoscale discussions in August 2020. 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 14
- Busiest day
- August 4, 20204 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hampden | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 86 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 85 min |
| Aug 4, 5:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more | 87 min |
| Aug 23, 2:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 96 min |
| Aug 25, 6:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 114 min |
| Aug 29, 6:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 117 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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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.