Dense Fog, Nemaha
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nemaha forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Kansas, December 29, 2005
Dense fog formed during the early morning and became widespread with visibilities reduced to only a few hundred yards in some areas. Several indirect injuries were reported in a multi-vehicle accident in Franklin county near Ottawa.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 TOP wrote it up.
Dense fog formed during the early morning and became widespread with visibilities reduced to only a few hundred yards in some areas. Several indirect injuries were reported in a multi-vehicle accident in Franklin county near Ottawa. The dense fog was a primary contributing factor in the accident according to law enforcement officials.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Brown
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Pottawatomie
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Jackson
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.417, -95.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Jefferson
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Shawnee
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Douglas
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Osage
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Franklin
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Coffey
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coffey forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.237, -95.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Anderson
- When
- December 29, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Anderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.214, -95.293 (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
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- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 29 to 30, 2005
More
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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: 5483230, 5483231, 5483232, 5483233, 5483234, 5483235, 5483236, 5483237, 5483238, 5483239, 5483240.