Dense Fog, Berkeley
- When
- December 23, 4:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in West Virginia, December 23, 2007
Areas of dense fog developed during the early morning hours of December 23rd across Berkeley County in the eastern pan handle of West Virginia. Visibilities were often reduced to one quarter mile or less through sunrise.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 LWX wrote it up.
Areas of dense fog developed during the early morning hours of December 23rd across Berkeley County in the eastern pan handle of West Virginia. Visibilities were often reduced to one quarter mile or less through sunrise.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 23, 3:41 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 3:41 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 10:04 PM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1004 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 231000- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 1004 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE MARINE AREAS. GUSTS UP TO 30 KT CAN BE EXPECTED. WITH AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW AND FULL MOON...WATER LEVELS MAY INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY. THESE ANOMALIES MAY LEAD TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND CHESAPEAKE BAY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER... ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051- WVZ050>055-501>504-231000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON- HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 1004 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS... MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER... ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HTS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- High Wind in New York, December 23 to 24, 2007
- Flooding in New York, December 23 to 24, 2007
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 23, 2007
- High Wind in Wisconsin, December 23, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, December 23, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, December 23, 2007
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 23, 2007
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, December 2007
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: 68300.