Dense Fog, Carroll
- When
- February 14, 12:20 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.697, -80.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Virginia, February 14, 1997
Dense fog contributed to more than 30 traffic accidents between mile markers 7 and 9 on the southbound side of interstate 77. At one time, southbound traffic was backed up 5 miles.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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 RNK wrote it up.
Dense fog contributed to more than 30 traffic accidents between mile markers 7 and 9 on the southbound side of interstate 77. At one time, southbound traffic was backed up 5 miles. Numerous people were injured in the accidents which involved nearly 70 vehicles.
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
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, February 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 14 to 15, 1997
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 14, 1997
- Hail in North Carolina, February 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 14, 1997
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, February 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: 5588862.