Dense Fog, Central San Joaquin Valley
- When
- December 10, 4:00 AM PST to 9:30 AM PST
- Where
- Central San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
Dense fog resulted in a known accident 6 miles south of Fresno on Highway 41 at 0750 PST.
Dense Fog in California, December 10, 1997
1 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Event by event
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, December 10 to 12, 1997
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 10, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 10 to 18, 1997
- Winter Storm in Michigan, December 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 10, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, December 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 10 to 11, 1997
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5626863.