Dense Fog, Eastern Grant
- When
- February 5, 1:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 39.105, -79.196 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 5, 2008
Areas of dense fog developed during the overnight hours of February 4th and continued through mid morning on February 5th across portions of the eastern pan handle of West Virginia. Visibilities were often reduced to one quarter mile or less.
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 overnight hours of February 4th and continued through mid morning on February 5th across portions of the eastern pan handle of West Virginia. Visibilities were often reduced to one quarter mile or less.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, February 5, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, February 5, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, February 5, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Winter Weather in Texas, February 5, 2008
- Flooding in Indiana, February 5 to 29, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, February 5, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, February 5, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, February 5, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, February 5, 2008
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, February 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 80561.