Dense Fog, Mineral/Southern Lyon
- When
- January 26, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mineral/Southern Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -118.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Nevada, January 26, 2001
Lyon County Sheriff reported denses fog in Yerington with less than 1/16 mile visibility.
Where it happened
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- 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 REV wrote it up.
Lyon County Sheriff reported denses fog in Yerington with less than 1/16 mile visibility.
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
- Dense Fog in California, January 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 26 to 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 26, 2001
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 26 to 28, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 26, 2001
More
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, 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: 5230505.