Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Massachusetts, 2017
14 winter storm watches in 2017. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- March6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 7, 20172 winter storm 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:17 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex | 11 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:31 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 5 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes | 22 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:06 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 11 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.
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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.