Dense Fog, X W San Diego
- When
- November 18, 7:56 PM PST to November 19, 2:55 AM PST
- Where
- X W San Diego forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in California, November 18 to 19, 2001
Dense fog began along the North San Diego County coast during the evening hours, moved south, and then offshore during the early morning hours.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 SGX wrote it up.
Dense fog began along the North San Diego County coast during the evening hours, moved south, and then offshore during the early morning hours.
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
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 2001
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: 5272532.