Dense Fog, Northern Marinette
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Northern Marinette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.351, -88.002 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Wisconsin, March 1, 1997
Dense fog enshrouded much of central and northeast Wisconsin, reducing visibilities to one-quarter mile or less.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- 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
- 14
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 GRB wrote it up.
Dense fog enshrouded much of central and northeast Wisconsin, reducing visibilities to one-quarter mile or less.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Lincoln
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.338, -89.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Langlade
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Langlade forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.262, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Menominee
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Menominee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.004, -88.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Northern Oconto
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Northern Oconto forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.999, -88.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Door
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Door forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.838, -87.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Marathon
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marathon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.898, -89.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Shawano
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shawano forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.789, -88.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Wood
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.455, -90.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Portage
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Portage forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.476, -89.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Waupaca
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waupaca forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -88.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Outagamie
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Outagamie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.416, -88.465 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Brown
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.474, -87.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Kewaunee
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kewaunee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.483, -87.514 (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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, March 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5594771, 5594772, 5594773, 5594774, 5594775, 5594776, 5594777, 5594778, 5594779, 5594780, 5594781, 5594782, 5594783, 5594784.