Michigan, 2006

Dense Fog in Michigan, September 13, 2006

September 13, 2006 · NWS DTX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 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 Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 13, 3:00 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:00 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Shiawassee

When
September 13, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
Where
Shiawassee forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
42.954, -84.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Local newspaper reported that dense fog caused three rollover crashes involving semi-trucks, one car fire and one other crash on I-69. Officials had to shut down I-69 in both directions between the M-71 exit and the Grand River exit to clean up the crashes. Seven people were injured (indirectly). No one was killed.

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

Every storm in Michigan in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, September 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5531266.