California, 2008

Dense Fog in California, December 1, 2008

December 1, 2008 · NWS SGX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Dense fog resulted in flight delays and auto accidents during a busy holiday weekend.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
5
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 SGX wrote it up.

Dense fog resulted in flight delays and auto accidents during a busy holiday weekend.

Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Orange County Coastal Areas

When
December 1, 12:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
Where
Orange County Coastal Areas forecast zone
Injuries
0 direct, 5 indirect
Reported by
ASOS

Dense fog caused several injury accidents that led to significant traffic delays on Orange County freeways. The fog also caused numerous flight delays at John Wayne Airport.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 147055.