Virginia, 2008

Dense Fog in Virginia, June 6 to 7, 2008

June 6 to 7, 2008 · NWS LWX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Areas of dense fog developed during the early morning hours of June 7th across portions of northern and central Virginia, including the Washington DC suburbs, south along the Interstate 95 corridor. Visibilities were reduced to one quarter mile or less.

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.

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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.

Areas of dense fog developed during the early morning hours of June 7th across portions of northern and central Virginia, including the Washington DC suburbs, south along the Interstate 95 corridor. Visibilities were reduced to one quarter mile or less.

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 Jun 6, 10:41 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 10:41 PM EST, 19 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

8 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Culpeper

When
June 6, 11:00 PM EST to June 7, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Culpeper forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.486, -77.956 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Orange

When
June 6, 11:00 PM EST to June 7, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Orange forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.246, -78.013 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Fauquier

When
June 7, 1:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Fauquier forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS

Dense Fog, Albemarle

When
June 7, 2:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Albemarle forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.029, -78.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Stafford

When
June 7, 2:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Stafford forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Prince William

When
June 7, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Prince William forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS

Dense Fog, Fairfax

When
June 7, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Fairfax forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Loudoun

When
June 7, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Loudoun forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS

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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Every storm in Virginia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2008

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: 105106, 105111, 105108, 105104, 105113, 105112, 105107, 105110.