Dense Fog, Jefferson
- When
- February 9, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Dense Fog in Texas, February 9, 2000
Dense fog was a significant factor in seven automobile accidents in the Port Arthur area of Jefferson County. There were 4 injuries and 21 damaged vehicles.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Dense fog was a significant factor in seven automobile accidents in the Port Arthur area of Jefferson County. There were 4 injuries and 21 damaged vehicles. All of the injuries were minor.
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
More
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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: 5133428.