Dense Fog, Kittitas Valley
- When
- January 27, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Kittitas Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 46.791, -120.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Washington, January 27, 2005
Dense fog contributed to a collision on Ferguson Road southeast of Ellensburg. An eastbound vehicle collided with a westbound vehicle when attempting to pass a vehicle.
Where it happened
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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 PDT wrote it up.
Dense fog contributed to a collision on Ferguson Road southeast of Ellensburg. An eastbound vehicle collided with a westbound vehicle when attempting to pass a vehicle. Two more vehicles that stopped to help were hit from behind by other traffic, resulting in a total of seven vehicles involved. Seven indirect injuries resulted from the accidents. The roadway was closed for several hours after the accident. Near the time of the crash, the Ellensburg ASOS reported a visibility of less than a quarter mile.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Cold in New York, January 27, 2005
- Tornado in California, January 27, 2005
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 27 to 28, 2005
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2005
- Cold in New York, January 27, 2005
- Cold in Maine, January 27, 2005
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 27, 2005
- Heavy Snow in California, January 27 to 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 27 to 28, 2005
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, January 27, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 27, 2005
More
Every storm in Washington in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, January 2005
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: 5434270.