Considerable moisture and rapid overnight cooling resulted in dense fog.
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.
The episode as NWS PSR wrote it up.
Considerable moisture and rapid overnight cooling resulted in dense fog.
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Several spotters reported dense fog throughout metropolitan Phoenix. Two reports indicated zero visibility in the far southeast area of Queen Creek. The widespread dense fog occurred during the Friday morning rush hour and was a significant hazard to area motorists, even though no major accidents were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, December 2010
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: 266395.