Dense Fog, Se Sj Valley
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Se Sj Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog in California, March 1, 2000
Dense fog formed late the night of February 29th and early on the morning of March 1st in the San Joaquin Valley following substantial rainfall during the last half of February. Patchy dense fog dropped visibilities to less than 1/4 mile locally around Visalia and Porterville just before midnight.
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 HNX wrote it up.
Dense fog formed late the night of February 29th and early on the morning of March 1st in the San Joaquin Valley following substantial rainfall during the last half of February. Patchy dense fog dropped visibilities to less than 1/4 mile locally around Visalia and Porterville just before midnight. Subsequently visiblities at Fresno and Lemoore lowered around midnight . More widespread fog was noted in Merced, Madera, and Fresno after 2 AM PST.
Event by event
4 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, E Central Sj Valley
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- E Central Sj Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, W Central Sj Valley
- When
- March 1, 12:30 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- W Central Sj Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Sw Sj Valley
- When
- March 1, 2:56 AM PST to 10:00 AM PST
- Where
- Sw Sj Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Wildfire in Florida, March 1 to 3, 2000
- Drought in South Dakota, March 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Iowa, March 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Minnesota, March 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Puerto Rico, March 1 to 31, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 1 to 2, 2000
- Flooding in New York, March 1, 2000
- Drought in Hawaii, March 1 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5140586, 5140587, 5140588, 5140589.