Dense Fog in Arizona, December 22, 2002

Name: Dense Fog in Arizona, December 22, 2002
Start: 2002-12-22T07:30
End: 2002-12-22T10:30
Location: Arizona

December 22, 2002 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Dense fog with visibilities lower than one quarter mile were reported in Kingman for 3 hours.

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 VEF wrote it up.

Dense fog with visibilities lower than one quarter mile were reported in Kingman for 3 hours.

Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, S Mohave T X Sw and X Wc

When: December 22, 7:30 AM PST to 10:30 AM PST
Where: S Mohave T X Sw and X Wc forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

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

Every storm in Arizona in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, December 2002

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: 5324615.