Dense Fog in Kentucky, January 24 to 25, 2011

Name: Dense Fog in Kentucky, January 24 to 25, 2011
Start: 2011-01-24T23:00
End: 2011-01-25T09:00
Location: Kentucky

January 24 to 25, 2011 · NWS PAH · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

Widespread dense fog formed over western Kentucky due to light winds under a weak ridge of high pressure. Visibility was one-quarter mile or less for at least a couple hours at most reporting sites.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 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: 22

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 PAH wrote it up.

Widespread dense fog formed over western Kentucky due to light winds under a weak ridge of high pressure. Visibility was one-quarter mile or less for at least a couple hours at most reporting sites.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 10:46 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 10:46 PM CST, 14 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

22 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Ballard

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Ballard forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Caldwell

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Calloway

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Calloway forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Carlisle

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Carlisle forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Christian

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Christian forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Crittenden

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Daviess

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Fulton

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Graves

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Graves forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Henderson

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Hickman

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Hickman forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Hopkins

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Livingston

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Lyon

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Lyon forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Marshall

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, McCracken

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: McCracken forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, McLean

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: McLean forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Muhlenberg

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Todd

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Todd forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Trigg

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Trigg forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Union

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Webster

When: January 24, 11:00 PM CST to January 25, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Dense Fog: Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2011 Every state in 2011 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, January 2011

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: 272291, 272292, 272293, 272294, 272295, 272296, 272297, 272298, 272299, 272300, 272301, 272302, 272303, 272304, 272305, 272306, 272307, 272308, 272309, 272310, 272311, 272312.