Dense Fog, Mineral/Southern Lyon
- When
- January 16, 8:00 PM PST to January 31, 10:00 PM PST
- Where
- Mineral/Southern Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.780, -118.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The first widespread significant fog event since 1993 plagued the region during the last two weeks of January. Fog lasted throughout the daytime hours in the vicinity of the Carson and Humbolt sinks and near Honey Lake.
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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.
The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
The first widespread significant fog event since 1993 plagued the region during the last two weeks of January. Fog lasted throughout the daytime hours in the vicinity of the Carson and Humbolt sinks and near Honey Lake. Across the remainder of northwest Nevada and the east slopes of the Sierra the dense fog usually burned off by late morning, only to redevelop during the evening. The fog affected mainly persons who were traveling. Numerous automobile accidents were reported during the two-week event. More than 300 flights were canceled as a result of the fog at the Reno/Tahoe International Airport.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 2005
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: 5470387, 5470388, 5470389, 5470390, 5470391.