Georgia, 2007Dense Fog in Georgia, December 10, 2007
December 10, 2007 · NWS CHS · 1 event in 1 county or zone
The combination of light winds, clear skies, and plenty of low level moisture, resulted in widespread dense fog across southeast Georgia.
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- Deaths
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- Injuries
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The combination of light winds, clear skies, and plenty of low level moisture, resulted in widespread dense fog across southeast Georgia.
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 Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 10, 9:18 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 9:18 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
918 PM EST MON DEC 10 2007
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THIS WEEK...RESULTING IN
RAIN FREE CONDITIONS AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
UNDER HIGH PRESSURE...CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND DEWPOINTS
RANGING FROM THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S LINE UP FOR AN IDEAL
WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EVENT TONIGHT...WITH A COMBINATION OF SEA
FOG AND RADIATION FOG NEAR THE COAST...AND RADIATION FOG INLAND.
CONTINUED ONGOING DENSE FOG ADVISORIES FOR ALL AREAS UNTIL 10 AM
TUESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...ONGOING FORECAST PARAMETERS REMAINED
GENERALLY ON TRACK...REQUIRING ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS...AND
UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS TO FRESHEN WORDING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/...
DENSE FOG AND STRATUS WILL SLOWLY BURN OFF AND RETREAT INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS LATE TUE MRNG...LIKELY LINGERING ACROSS SE GA THE
LONGEST. THE FOG MAY PERSIST ALONG THE COASTS OF CHATHAM...BEAUFORT
AND JASPER COUNTIES WELL INTO THE AFTN SIMILAR TO TODAY WHERE A
STRONG MARINE INVERSION MAY TRAP THE FOG NEAR THE BEACHES. IT
WILL BE ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY WITH HIGHS REACHING NEAR
RECORD LEVELS /LOWER 80S/ AWAY FROM THE COAST. THE SEA BREEZE
WILL KEEP BEACH LOCATIONS IN THE MID 60S.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
WED THROUGH FRIDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINANT THROUGH THE WEEK
UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN A FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE REGION. A DEEP
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW WARMING TO NEAR RECORD
HIGH TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEK BEFORE A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN.
HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S WILL BE SEEN ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE
CWA WITH THE EXCEPTION ALONG THE COAST...WHERE MID 70S ARE EXPECTED.
EXPECT INCREASING CLOUD COVER ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONT NEARS...
LIMITING HIGH TEMPS TO THE UPPER 70S.
SAT AND SUN...MODELS ARE HINTING AT THE LIKELIHOOD OF A FRONT
STALLING OVER THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER THE WESTERN US WILL MAKE WAY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN STATES AND
PROVIDE A CHANCE OF PRECIP ON SAT AND SUN. MODELS ARE SUGGESTING A
PHASING COMPONENT OF THE H25 JETS OVER THE WEEKEND ALLOWING AN
ADDITIONAL UPLIFT COMPONENT FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN OVER THE AREA.
ALTHOUGH DIFFICULTY IN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM IS A CONCERN...MUCH
COOLER AIR ALONG WITH SHOWERS SHOULD BEGIN EARLY SAT MORNING AND
PUSH THROUGH THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE WILL SEE TEMPS DROP
SOME 20 DEGREES BEHIND THIS FRONT LEADING TO A MUCH MORE SEASONABLE
AIRMASS. HIGH TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE LOWER 60S OVER MANY
PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS COLD AIR ADVECTION FROM THE NORTHWEST SWINGS
BEHIND THE FRONT INTO THE AREA.
NEXT WEEK...HIGH AND LOW TEMPS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY STEADY AS WE
ENTER A MORE ZONAL TYPE FLOW PATTERN WITH HIGH TEMPS IN
THE LOWER 60S AND LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S BEGINNING NEXT
WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
EXPECT LIFR CONDITIONS AT BOTH TERMINALS AS WIDESPREAD FOG
DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THEN...CONDITIONS SHOULD
IMPROVE TO VFR BY NOON...WITH THE LATEST IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED AT
KSAV.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
IN EARLY MORNING FOG WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL MUCH OF THE TIME.
&&
.MARINE...
WITH LIGHT WINDS/AS DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER 60S REMAIN OVER
WATERS IN THE 50S...EXPECT WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. CONTINUED ONGOING DENSE FOG
ADVISORIES FOR ALL ZONES.
BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING...EXPECT FOG TO RETREAT BACK INTO THE AREA
BETWEEN OSSABAW SOUND AND PORT ROYAL SOUND WHERE THE COLDEST WATER
TEMPS ARE FOUND AND MODEL PROXIMITY SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN A VERY
STRONG LOW LEVEL MARINE INVERSION. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY
VERY WELL HAVE TO EXTENDED INTO TUE AFTN FOR THIS AREA. MEANWHILE...
LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE MARINE AREA BY LTE
TUE AFTN...BUT WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
THRESHOLDS.
WINDS SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 KT EARLY IN THE
EXTENDED WITH SOME 20 TO 25 KNOT WINDS BEING A POSSIBILITY ONCE A
COLD FRONT PASSES OVER THE WEEKEND. WAVES WILL INCREASE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS LONG PERIOD SWELLS OD 10 TO 11 SECONDS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A RIDGE. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE OUTER GA WATERS AS A RESULT MAINLY
DUE TO SEAS. FOG WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY NEAR ZERO.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGHS THIS WEEK...
TUE-11TH WED-12TH THU-13TH FRI-14TH
CHS 83/1972 79/1971 80/1956 78/2001
CHL 75/1961 77/1948 79/1956 77/1948
SAV 83/1971 82/1961 81/1956 81/1931
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY FOR GAZ087-088-
099>101-114>119-137>141.
SC...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY FOR SCZ040-042>045-
047>051.
MARINE...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY FOR AMZ330-350-374.
DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY FOR AMZ352-354.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 3:42 PM EST, 7 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
342 PM EST MON DEC 10 2007
AMZ330-350-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-
047>051-111030-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
342 PM EST MON DEC 10 2007
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST
TUESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
DENSE FOG ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
DENSE FOG ADVISORY.
DENSE FOG...DENSE FOG IS LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER
DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY EVENTUALLY BE NEEDED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
AMZ352-354-111030-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING
GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
342 PM EST MON DEC 10 2007
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
DENSE FOG ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
DENSE FOG ADVISORY.
DENSE FOG...DENSE FOG IS LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER DENSE
FOG ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
Dense Fog, Bulloch
- When
- December 10, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Bulloch forecast zone
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 32.397, -81.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Around 1130 pm EST on December 10, 2007, a tractor trailer struck and killed a bike rider along Highway 301, approximately 8 miles south of Statesboro, Georgia. The cause of the accident was likely due to extremely dense fog impairing the driver of the tractor trailer's ability to see the bike rider.
- 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.
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 20071 death · $200,000 · 20 events
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 10 to 11, 2007$147 million · 16 events
- Flooding in West Virginia, December 10, 20071 death · $35,000 · 2 events
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2007$3.1 million · 32 events
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, December 10 to 11, 2007$3.1 million · 16 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Nebraska, December 10 to 11, 2007$1.3 million · 24 events
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 10 to 11, 2007$1.9 million · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, December 10 to 12, 20073 injured · $83,000 · 46 events
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 10 to 11, 2007$330,000 · 5 events
- Ice Storm in Illinois, December 10 to 11, 2007$50,000 · 13 events
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 10 to 11, 20072 injured · 21 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 200719 events
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: 64922.