Dense Fog, Southern Penobscot
- When
- January 25, 7:30 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Penobscot forecast zone
- Injuries
- 24 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Maine, January 25, 2001
A patch of locally dense fog and stretch of icy road contributed to a multi-car accident southwest ofBangor on I-95. Only one of the injuries was considered serious.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 24
- 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 CAR wrote it up.
A patch of locally dense fog and stretch of icy road contributed to a multi-car accident southwest ofBangor on I-95. Approximately 50 vehicles were involved in the accident...along with 20 to 25 injuries.Only one of the injuries was considered serious.
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 and Lightning Strike in California, January 25, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 25 to 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in California, January 25 to 26, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 25 to 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 25, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in California, January 25, 2001
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 25 to 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25, 2001
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 25, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, January 25 to 26, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 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: 5229675.