Dense Fog, Rockland
- When
- December 11, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rockland forecast zone
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -74.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in New York, December 11, 2000
Dense fog blanketed the area and reduced visibilities to less than one quarter mile. In addition, subfreezing temperatures combined with dense fog caused several traffic accidents across the region early Monday morning, December 11th.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
Dense fog blanketed the area and reduced visibilities to less than one quarter mile. A Stony Point resident was struck by a car while walking along the Palisades Interstate Parkway southbound lanes near Exit 9.In addition, subfreezing temperatures combined with dense fog caused several traffic accidents across the region early Monday morning, December 11th.
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
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Michigan, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Ohio, December 11, 2000
- High Wind in Indiana, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in Kentucky, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 11, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5167887.