Dense Fog, Levy
- When
- February 13, 6:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Levy forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog in Florida, February 13, 2001
Patchy dense fog reduced visibility to less than a quarter mile over portions of West Central Florida.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
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- 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
- 5
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 TBW wrote it up.
Patchy dense fog reduced visibility to less than a quarter mile over portions of West Central Florida.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 13, 2:15 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 2:15 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 215 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2001 UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE REGION AS SFC FRONT IS CURRENTLY DRAPED OVER THE N FL PENINSULA. CIRRUS DECK STREAMING FROM THE N GULF OVER THE AREA AS FOG BEGINNING TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE N CENTRAL PENINSULA ATTM. MODELS CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH UPPER RIDGE OVER THE STATE THRU THE WEEK AS SFC FRONT OVER N FL DRIFTS NE AND DISSIPATES. SFC RIDGE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA FROM THE ATLC. KEEPING MOIST AND WARM CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA THRU FRI. WILL TAKE MENTION OF SHOWERS OUT C/S COASTAL COS AS DOES NOT APPEAR ENOUGH LIFT TO SUPPORT BUT WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE N COASTAL WITH VORT LOBE OVER N FL AND WEAK SEABREEZE CONVERGENCE. SETUP CONTINUES FOR LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG/LOW CLOUDS WITH WELL ABOVE NORM TEMPS THRU THE WEEK. THE EXTENDED BRINGS SOME CHANGE WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING OUT OF TX OVER THE GULF COAST STATES FRI/SAT WITH SFC FRONT MOVING INTO THE E GULF AND FL SAT WITH SHEARED VORT LOBE PROVIDING SOME LIFT FOR MENTION OF SHOWERS SAT WITH HIGH BUILDING IN WAKE OF FRONT SUN WITH COOLER NEAR NORM TEMPS BEHIND IT SUN/MON. MARINE...SURFACE HIGH TO BUILD IN OVER THE WATERS FROM THE ATLANTIC THRU FRI. NEXT FRONT TO MOVE THRU E GULF SAT WITH SHIFT IN WINDS SUN. TPA BB 082/064 083/064 0000 FMY BB 087/063 087/063 0000 .TBW...NONE. RD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 13, 5:00 AM EST, 1 hour before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-131400- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 500 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2001 ...AREAS OF DENSE FOG OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS MORNING... LIGHT EAST WIND HAS KEPT ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA CREATING A MIX OF LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS MORNING. FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SOME LOCATIONS AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MOTORIST ON THE MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD REDUCE SPEED AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AS VISIBILITY CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY OVER SHRORT DISTANCES. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO BURN OFF AND LIFT BY 10 AM. RD
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Citrus
- When
- February 13, 6:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Citrus forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Hernando
- When
- February 13, 6:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hernando forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Pasco
- When
- February 13, 6:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pasco forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Sumter
- When
- February 13, 6:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sumter forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 28.705, -82.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Colorado, February 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, February 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 13 to 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 13 to 14, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 13 to 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, February 13, 2001
- Funnel Cloud in California, February 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 13 to 14, 2001
More
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, February 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5235221, 5235222, 5235223, 5235224, 5235225.