Dense Fog, Dallas
- When
- March 17, 6:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Texas, March 17, 1997
Dense fog contributed to 6 accidents in which 18 cars were involved. These accidents resulted in 11 indirect injuries.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Dense fog contributed to 6 accidents in which 18 cars were involved. These accidents resulted in 11 indirect injuries.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 Montana, March 17, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 17, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1997
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, March 17, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 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: 5597279.