Dense Fog, Cape Girardeau
- When
- December 16, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Missouri, December 16, 2002
Dense fog during the early morning hours reduced visibility to less than one quarter mile. One man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Route U in Cape Girardeau County (indirect weather fatality).
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 PAH wrote it up.
Dense fog during the early morning hours reduced visibility to less than one quarter mile. One man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Route U in Cape Girardeau County (indirect weather fatality). The vehicle was struck in dense fog and knocked off the road, ejecting the victim who was later pronounced dead.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Scott
- When
- December 16, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.053, -89.568 (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
- Flooding in California, December 16, 2002
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, December 16, 2002
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, December 16, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 16, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 16 to 18, 2002
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 16 to 18, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Florida, December 16, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 16 to 17, 2002
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 16 to 18, 2002
- Flooding in California, December 16 to 17, 2002
- Winter Storm in California, December 16 to 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 16 to 18, 2002
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5324107, 5324108.