Dense Fog, Caroline
- When
- May 7, 12:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Maryland, May 7, 1998
Dense fog the morning of May 7th forced the closure of schools for the entire day in Talbot County and 90 to 120 minute delays in openings of schools within Caroline, Kent and Queen Anne's Counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 PHI wrote it up.
Dense fog the morning of May 7th forced the closure of schools for the entire day in Talbot County and 90 to 120 minute delays in openings of schools within Caroline, Kent and Queen Anne's Counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Kent
- When
- May 7, 12:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Queen Annes
- When
- May 7, 12:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Talbot
- When
- May 7, 12:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (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
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, May 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5660093, 5660094, 5660095, 5660096.