Alert archive / Massachusetts

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Massachusetts

306 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
306
Busiest year
200619 severe thunderstorm watches
Average year
10over 30 years on file

Over time

By year

Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.

By month of the year

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The latest severe thunderstorm watches

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire7 hr
Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester6 hr
Jul 4, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire7 hr
Jun 30, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire7 hr
Jun 12, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire5 hr
Jun 6, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire3 hr
Apr 14, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire7 hr

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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.