Extremely dense fog was sited as playing a major role in the fatal crash of a single engine, fixed wing Piper aircraft.
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Extremely dense fog was sited as playing a major role in the fatal crash of a single engine, fixed wing Piper aircraft.
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 7:01 AM MST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 801 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008 .UPDATE... 757 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008 UPDATED THE GRIDS TO ADD MENTION OF DENSE FOG AS BOTH KGLD AND KITR HAVE BEEN AOB 1/2SM FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. CONTEMPLATED ISSUING SHORT FUSE DENSE FOG ADVISORY BUT HAVE DECIDED HOLD OFF AND COVER WITH NOWCASTS. FOLTZ && .DISCUSSION... 430 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008 SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE WEAK UPPER FLOW AND ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MID-WEST BY TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BE REPLACED BY A TROUGH MOVING EAST ALONG THE CENTRAL U.S./CANADIAN BORDER BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL FLATTEN THE UPPER FLOW INTO A MORE ZONAL PATTERN DURING MID WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER SHORT WAVE RIDGE BEGINS TO AMPLIFY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY LATE FRIDAY WITH MORE WEAK UPPER FLOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA DURING NEXT WEEKEND. AT THE SURFACE...THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY LATE MONDAY AS A LOW CENTER DEEPENS OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WITH A TROUGH DEEPENING AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY MID DAY TUESDAY IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW THIS TROUGH INTO THE TRI-STATE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER WEAK REINFORCING SHOT EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRIDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH CONDITIONS DRYING OUT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS LATE IN THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. LOCKHART && .AVIATION... 430 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008 IFR CONDITIONS WITH LOW CLOUDS AS A RESULT OF MOISTURE LEFT BEHIND BY OVERNIGHT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE OBSERVED THROUGH ABOUT 15Z AT GLD AND 17Z AT MCK WITH A TRANSITION TO MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A BRIEF TIME BEFORE BECOMING VFR AGAIN BY MID DAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OBSERVED AGAIN BETWEEN 22Z AND 06Z AND WILL BE HANDLED BY VCTS IN THE LATER TIME PERIODS UNTIL TIMING AND LOCATION OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT COMES MORE INTO FOCUS. LOCKHART && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 600 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 600 AM MDT SUN AUG 24 2008 /700 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT POSITIONED ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE SOME MINOR FLOODING ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN RAINFALL THE PAST FEW NIGHTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LOCKHART
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense fog was sites as playing a major factor in the crash of a single engine plane, resulting in three fatalities. The crash occurred about a quarter mile from the Yuma airport.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dense Fog, Yuma County | 2008-08-24 | 63 | Male | Other | Indirect |
| Dense Fog, Yuma County | 2008-08-24 | 71 | Male | Other | Indirect |
| Dense Fog, Yuma County | 2008-08-24 | 71 | Female | Other | Indirect |
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