Dense Fog, Culpeper
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Culpeper forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.486, -77.956 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Virginia, April 24, 2006
Wet grounds contributed to the development of areas of dense fog, mainly in the Washington and Baltimore region.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 LWX wrote it up.
Wet grounds contributed to the development of areas of dense fog, mainly in the Washington and Baltimore region.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Fairfax
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fairfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Fauquier
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fauquier forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Loudoun
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Loudoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Orange
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orange forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Prince William / Manassas
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Prince William / Manassas forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Dense Fog, Spotsylvania / Fredericksburg
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Spotsylvania / Fredericksburg forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.244, -77.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Stafford
- When
- April 24, 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Stafford forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hail in Kansas, April 24, 2006
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 24 to 25, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 24 to 25, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 24, 2006
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 24, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006
- Hail in Texas, April 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, April 24, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2006
- Hail in Arkansas, April 24 to 26, 2006
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, April 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5507250, 5507251, 5507252, 5507253, 5507254, 5507255, 5507256, 5507257.