Dense Fog, Lincoln
- When
- March 13, 7:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.048, -100.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Nebraska, March 13, 1999
Dense fog about 7:30 AM CST resulted in a chain-reaction accident involving four semi trailer rigs and 26 other vehicles. A nineteen year old Illinois man was hit by a car and was seriously injured when his car slid off the roadway, stopping on the shoulder.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $400,000
- 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 LBF wrote it up.
Dense fog about 7:30 AM CST resulted in a chain-reaction accident involving four semi trailer rigs and 26 other vehicles. A nineteen year old Illinois man was hit by a car and was seriously injured when his car slid off the roadway, stopping on the shoulder. The multiple vehicle accident resulted in the closing of Interstate Highway 80 between North Platte and Hershey for 3 1/2 hours while the vehicles were cleared from the road..
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
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, March 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 1999
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: 5687747.