Name: Dense Fog in Florida, February 17, 2006
Start: 2006-02-17T02:00
End: 2006-02-17T02:00
Location: Florida

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 7
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 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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 16, 11:13 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 11:13 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1113 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

.UPDATE...HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR PARTS
OF NE FL. MAY NEED TO EXPAND LATER. HAVE UPDATED ZONES AND WILL
ISSUE UPDATED HWO SHORTLY. /SC

### PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ###

.SHORT TERM...6K FT DECK OF CLOUDS (WITH SOME LOWER DECKS) AND SMALL
PATCHES OF DRIZZLE CONTINUE TO LIFT SLOWLY N ALONG THE ATLC COAST.
COASTAL GENERALLY N OF SAUF1 ARE REPORTING BKN-OVC CONDITIONS.
LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING...NO DOUBT AIDED BY LIGHT DRIZZLE...IS AIDING
IN DENSE FOG DEVELOPMENT ONCE CLOUDINESS MOVES OUT. BUNNELL (X47)
VSBY HAS DROPPED BELOW 1/4 SM AND EM REPORTS FOG IS FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD OVER INLAND FLAGLER COUNTY. IR FOG SATELLITE PIX INDICATE
THE FOG IS FORMING RIGHT BEHIND LINE OF CLEARING AND EXTENDS INLAND
TO NEAR OR JUST W OF THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER. LOW-LEVEL FLOW MAY HELP
ADVECT THIS FOG N-NW THRU THE EVENING. HOWEVER...VERY LIGHT SW FLOW
MAY PUSH IT BACK TO THE COAST TOWARD MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO
HANDLE THIS WITH NOWCASTS FOR NOW...BUT MOS GUIDANCE AND FOG TOOLS
SUPPORT LIKELIHOOD OF A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AT LEAST A PORTION OF
THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. WILL AMEND ZONES TO INDICATE DENSE FOG IN
MOST ZONES. WILL ALSO BEEF UP INITIAL CLOUDS OVER N COASTAL ZONES
AND MENTION PATCHES OF DRIZZLE. NO MEASURABLE PRECIP IS EXPECTED.

&&

.MARINE...WILL INDICATE AREAS OF DENSE FOG NEAR THE COAST LATE. MAY
ALSO LOWER WINDS A NOTCH. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED.

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

CARROLL/TRABERT

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 11:15 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1115 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-171100-
ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY-
CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE-
COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)-
GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM-
ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
1115 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA THROUGH 9 AM
FRIDAY...

.FOG IMPACT...
AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP
BELOW A HALF MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE FOG WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD
EAST OF INTERSTATE 75 IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 301
IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...BUT MAY CONTINUE TO EXPAND WESTWARD LATE
TONIGHT.

.RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY DUE TO INCREASED
SWELLS. REFER TO THE SURF ZONE FORECAST.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. WINDS
AND SEAS MAY INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN
THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX.

ZAPPE/CARROLL

Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Duval

When: February 17, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Duval forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA

Twenty (20) vehicle chain reaction accident on Interstate 295 between U.S. highway 1 (Kings Highway) and Prichard road. Accident occurred near 02:00 EST when a truck stopped in the roadway due to rapidly reduced visibility due to fog. Other vehicles impacted the truck resulting in the pile up and closing the roadway for several hours. Dense fog with visibilities near one quarter (1/4) of a mile were reported across the Jacksonville west and north side. A Dense Fog Advisory was in effect at the time of the accident. Sandrik

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, Duval	2006-02-17		Female	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Direct

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

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5488787.