Dense Fog, Sheboygan
- When
- September 4, 12:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sheboygan forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Wisconsin, September 4, 2004
Dense fog developed during the overnight hours and lowered visibilities to below 1/4 mile. At times, visibilities were down to 50 feet in locations between West Bend and Germantown in Washington County.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 MKX wrote it up.
Dense fog developed during the overnight hours and lowered visibilities to below 1/4 mile. At times, visibilities were down to 50 feet in locations between West Bend and Germantown in Washington County. School bus rides and local aviation traffic were delayed, and travel on main roads and interstates slowed down considerably. Off shore, the dense fog persisted over the Lake Michigan waters until about 1300CST. Fair skies and a light southeast wind off Lake Michigan were factors in this dense fog event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Ozaukee
- When
- September 4, 12:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ozaukee forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Washington
- When
- September 4, 12:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.369, -88.231 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 4 to 7, 2004
- Hurricane in Florida, September 4 to 5, 2004
- Hurricane in Florida, September 4 to 5, 2004
- High Wind in Florida, September 4 to 5, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, September 4, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, September 4, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Florida, September 4 to 8, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Florida, September 4 to 5, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, September 4 to 5, 2004
- Hail in North Dakota, September 4, 2004
- Tornado in Arizona, September 4, 2004
- Tornado in Florida, September 4, 2004
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, September 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5422316, 5422317, 5422318.