Alert archive / Massachusetts / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2019
134 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2019. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 134
- Busiest month
- August57 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 17, 201918 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
81 of 134 severe thunderstorm warnings covering Massachusetts in 2019 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 185 of 292 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 24 minutes after it went out.
Massachusetts, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 134 | 81 | 40% | 292 | 63% | 24 min |
Each office's whole area, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 201 | 134 | 33% | 476 | 87% | 21 min |
| NWS Boston/Norton, MA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 120 | 68 | 43% | 336 | 63% | 23 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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 31 min |
| May 20, 12:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 35 min |
| May 20, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 19 min |
| May 20, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 27 min |
| May 23, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 49 min |
| May 23, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 46 min |
| May 23, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 56 min |
| May 23, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 41 min |
| May 23, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 52 min |
| May 23, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 19 min |
| Jun 29, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 11 min |
| Jun 30, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Plymouth | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Dukes, Nantucket | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 14 min |
| Jul 17, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 57 min |
| Jul 20, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Plymouth | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 63 min |
| Jul 31, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 53 min |
| Jul 31, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 62 min |
| Jul 31, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 34 min |
| Jul 31, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 2:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 3:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 3:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Nantucket | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 4:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 5:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Nantucket | 21 min |
| Aug 8, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 61 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Worcester | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire, Worcester | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire, Worcester | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Worcester | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 10 min |
| Aug 21, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 19 min |
| Aug 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 35 min |
| Sep 4, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 44 min |
| Sep 4, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 27 min |
| Sep 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 58 min |
| Sep 4, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 62 min |
| Dec 30, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 40 min |
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.
Nearby
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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.