Dense Fog, Love
- When
- February 6, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Love forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -97.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Oklahoma, February 6, 1996
Dense fog reduced visibilities to near zero across parts of southern Oklahoma. In Love County, the dense fog contributed to a 6-vehicle accident involving a school bus, a pickup truck, and 4 cars.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Dense fog reduced visibilities to near zero across parts of southern Oklahoma. In Love County, the dense fog contributed to a 6-vehicle accident involving a school bus, a pickup truck, and 4 cars. Three people sustained minor injuries. In Grady County one truck driver sustained minor injuries in an accident involving a pickup, a car, and 2 semi-trucks.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Grady
- When
- February 6, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grady forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -97.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5549285, 5549286.