Dense Fog, Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry
- When
- December 22, 6:00 AM PST to 11:00 AM PST
- Where
- Nw Douglas/Coos/Curry forecast zone
FREEZING FOG AND ICY ROADS RESULTED IN A 4 CAR PILEUP AND SEVERAL INJURIES IN COOS COUNTY
Dense Fog in Oregon, December 22, 1997
1 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Ice Storm in New York, December 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Vermont, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Weather in Michigan, December 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, December 22, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 22 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 22 to 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1997
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5619658.