Dense Fog, White Pine
- When
- January 21, 9:30 PM PST to January 22, 5:00 AM PST
- Where
- White Pine forecast zone
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 39.442, -114.902 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Nevada, January 21 to 22, 2000
Dense fog with visibilities less than 1/4 mile was reported in and around the Ely area by law enforcement and surface observations.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 LKN wrote it up.
Dense fog with visibilities less than 1/4 mile was reported in and around the Ely area by law enforcement and surface observations.
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
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Maine, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maryland, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Connecticut, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 21 to 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 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: 5126993.