Dense Fog, Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge
- When
- February 3, 9:15 PM MST to February 5, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.992, -105.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Colorado, February 3 to 5, 1998
and occasional light freezing drizzle to occur for the majority of the time across El Paso county from the evening of the 3rd through the afternoon of the 5th. The fog redeveloped the evening of the 5th and lasted into the afternoon of the 6th.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 PUB wrote it up.
Shallow upslope flow associated with surface high pressure dropping south across Kansas allowed low clouds...dense fog...and occasional light freezing drizzle to occur for the majority of the time across El Paso county from the evening of the 3rd through the afternoon of the 5th. The fog redeveloped the evening of the 5th and lasted into the afternoon of the 6th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity
- When
- February 3, 9:15 PM MST to February 5, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern El Paso County/Colorado Springs and Vicinity forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.240, -105.810 (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
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, February 1998
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5634809, 5634810.