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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Massachusetts, 2002

11 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 in 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
11
Busiest month
June3 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
March 10, 20021 severe thunderstorm watches

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
Mar 10, 2:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 4 more4 hr
Apr 19, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire5 hr
May 31, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more6 hr
Jun 23, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampshire4 hr
Jun 26, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester7 hr
Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester4 hr
Jul 4, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire6 hr
Jul 15, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more5 hr
Jul 23, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more7 hr
Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 3 more6 hr
Aug 16, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester5 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. March 10, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  2. April 19, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 31, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 24, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  5. June 26, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  6. June 27, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  7. July 4, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  8. July 15, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  9. July 23, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  10. August 2, 20021severe thunderstorm watches
  11. August 16, 20021severe thunderstorm watches

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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.