Dense Fog, Hernando
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hernando forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog in Florida, December 21, 1998
15 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 15
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Highlands
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Highlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 27.343, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Hillsborough
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog, Lee
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog, Manatee
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Manatee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog, Pasco
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pasco forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog, Pinellas
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Polk
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Sarasota
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog, Sumter
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 28.705, -82.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Levy
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Levy forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Widespread dense fog reduced visibility to less than one quarter mile over most counties of West Central and Southwest Florida. The dense fog lingered along portions of Florida's west coast, mainly west of the U.S. 41 Highway corridor, through noon.
Dense Fog, Charlotte
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog, Citrus
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Citrus forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dense Fog, De Soto
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- De Soto forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 27.186, -81.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Hardee
- When
- December 21, 3:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hardee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 27.493, -81.810 (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
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 21 to 24, 1998
- Cold in Utah, December 21 to 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 21 to 22, 1998
- Winter Weather in Oklahoma, December 21, 1998
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, December 21 to 22, 1998
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 21 to 22, 1998
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 21, 1998
- Winter Weather in Missouri, December 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 21 to 22, 1998
- Ice Storm in Texas, December 21, 1998
- Winter Weather in Indiana, December 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, December 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5673990, 5673991, 5673992, 5673993, 5673994, 5673995, 5673996, 5673997, 5673998, 5673999, 5675064, 5675065, 5675066, 5675067, 5675068.