Dense Fog in Alabama, December 16, 2000

Name: Dense Fog in Alabama, December 16, 2000
Start: 2000-12-16T08:00
End: 2000-12-16T08:15
Location: Alabama

December 16, 2000 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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, Upper Mobile

When: December 16, 8:00 AM CST to 8:15 AM CST
Where: Upper Mobile forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Patchy, but locally dense, fog formed over Mobile Bay during the early morning hours. The fog sharply reduced visibilities along sections of the Interstate 10 Bayway, just east of the George Wallace Tunnel. Between 800 am and 815 am, a couple of multi-car pileups occurred in the eastbound lanes of the interstate. The chain reaction accidents involved about 20 vehicles, and occurred just east of the tunnel. Fog reduced visibilities, reportedly less than 30 feet in some locations along the Bayway, played a part in the accidents. No serious injuries were reported.

What these are

Dense Fog: Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, December 2000

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: 5168866.