Oregon, 1999

Dense Fog in Oregon, December 25, 1999

December 25, 1999 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Property damage
$20,000
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.

Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, North Central Oregon

When
December 25, 7:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
Where
North Central Oregon forecast zone
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
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Freezing fog in north central Oregon and elsewhere in the Columbia Basin led to several accidents in Jefferson Co, Oregon. Poor visibilities and slick roads contributed to a dozen or more accidents on Highway-97 south of Madras. Another accident just west of Sisters, Or. caused two injuries.

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

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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: 5724006.