Dense Fog in Florida, December 15, 2006

Name: Dense Fog in Florida, December 15, 2006
Start: 2006-12-15T04:00
End: 2006-12-15T09:00
Location: Florida

December 15, 2006 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Dense fog formed over interior sections of South Florida during the early morning hours.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 3
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 MFL wrote it up.

Dense fog formed over interior sections of South Florida during the early morning hours.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 15, 3:56 AM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:56 AM EST, 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
356 AM EST FRI DEC 15 2006

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY THIS
MORNING...AS A PREFRONTAL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED FROM
PALM BEACH SOUTHWEST TO NAPLES. SOUTH OF THE PREFRONTAL FRONTAL
TROUGH WAS ISOLATED SHOWERS OCCURRING OVER MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA
EARLY THIS MORNING...WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND BE OVER THE BAHAMAS SOUTHWEST TO THE FLORIDA KEYS LATE THIS
EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THIS WILL MOVE THE PREFRONTAL TR0UGH
SOUTHWARD TODAY THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON...AND BE SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.

THIS WILL ALL FOR MOST OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY TO BE OVER THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA TODAY AHEAD OF THE
PREFRONTAL TROUGH. SO POP WILL RANGE FROM THE 40 PERCENT OVER THE
EXTREME NORTHERN AREAS TO 80 PERCENT OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS OF
THE CWA TODAY. THE POPS WILL THEN DECREASE TO ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED COVERAGE OVER THE CWA TONIGHT.

AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A TRAINING SCENARIO...AS THE LOW
LEVEL WINDS WILL VEER WITH TIME TODAY. SO AT THIS TIME WILL
MENTION LOW LYING AND URBAN FLOODING FOR THE SOUTHEAST COAST AREAS
IN THE MORNING HWO.

THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL
WEAKEN WHILE MOVING EAST AND THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA ON SATURDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO SET UP OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
ALLOWING FOR A NORTHEAST WIND FLOW OVER THE AREA. SO WILL CONTINUE
A CHANCE OF POPS ON SATURDAY FOR THE EAST COAST AREAS...AND SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS FOR THE INTERIOR AREAS.

ONCE THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVES EAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA SATURDAY
NIGHT...DRIER AIR WILL THEN WORK INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. SO
SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY ACROSS THE CWA.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
THE DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...AS THE HIGH REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY
OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THE HIGH WILL THEN MOVE EAST
INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS...AS A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTHWEST UNITED STATES THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA
LATE NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO
RETURN TO THE AREA. SO HAVE KEPT A 20 TO 30 PERCENT POPS IN THE
FORECAST FOR LATE NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR OVER THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC AND FLORIDA BAY THROUGH MID
MORNING. ONLY PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA IS
EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING AFFECTING MAINLY THE MIA AND TMB
TERMINALS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BY LATE MORNING
AND MOSTLY AFFECT THE FLL, MIA AND TMB TERMINALS WITH OCNL IFR
CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH ALL
AREAS BY LATE AFTERNOON.

&&

.MARINE...
THE WINDS OVER THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATERS TODAY BE SOUTHWEST TO
WEST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...BEFORE SWINGING TO A NORTH TO
NORTHEAST DIRECTION TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. THE SPEEDS WILL REMAIN
BELOW 10 KNOTS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KNOTS LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...EXCEPT 15 TO 20
KNOTS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS.

THEREFORE...THE SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW 6 FEET TODAY THROUGH
SATURDAY BEFORE INCREASING TO 6 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM WATERS
LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND.

THERE COULD ALSO BE AN INCREASE IN RIP CURRENTS CONDITIONS LATE
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES OF
SOUTH FLORIDA DUE TO THE BREEZY NORTHEAST WIND FLOW. SO WILL
MENTION THIS IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE MORNING HWO.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES TODAY
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN OUT OF
THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST TODAY AND NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND. SO NO
PROBLEMS WITH THE FIRE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH  79  66  80  70 / 60 30 30 20
FORT LAUDERDALE  78  68  80  72 / 70 40 30 20
MIAMI            77  67  80  71 / 80 40 30 20
NAPLES           78  63  81  64 / 40 20 10 -

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

AVIATION - RADER
PUBLIC - BAXTER

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 6:25 PM EST, 9 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
625 PM EST THU DEC 14 2006

FLZ063-066>075-151100-
GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-
WESTERN COLLIER-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD-
BROWARD METROPOLITAN-WESTERN DADE-DADE METROPOLITAN-
MAINLAND MONROE-
556 PM EST THU DEC 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH
POSSIBLE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTH FLORIDA AGAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED
FLOODING CAN AGAIN BE A PROBLEM IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY
OVER AN AREA OR THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 14, 10:25 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1025 PM EST THU DEC 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1023 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BOYNTON BEACH           26.53N 80.09W
12/14/2006  M6.34 INCH       PALM BEACH         FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

STRASSBERG

Local storm report, Dec 14, 10:27 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1027 PM EST THU DEC 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1023 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BOYNTON BEACH           26.53N 80.09W
12/14/2006  M6.34 INCH       PALM BEACH         FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED OVER THE LAST 23 HOURS...HOWEVER MOST RAINFALL
            ENDED BY 5PM.

&&

STRASSBERG

The radar

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Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Inland Collier

When: December 15, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
Where: Inland Collier forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Injuries: 0 direct, 3 indirect
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense fog formed over interior sections of South Florida during the early morning hours. This caused an accident involving six vehicles on Immokalee Road in interior Northern portions of Collier County.|One person, a 38-year-old man, was killed when his pickup truck collided head-on with a Collier Area Transit Bus. This then caused a six-vehicle pileup on Immokalee Road. Three other people sustained minor injuries.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Dense Fog, Inland Collier	2006-12-15	38	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect

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

Every storm in Florida in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, December 2006

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 4736.