Dense Fog, Calloway
- When
- January 11, 3:00 AM CST to 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 in Kentucky, January 11, 2012
Widespread dense fog reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less across western Kentucky, except around Owensboro. Surface low pressure lifted northeast toward the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 21 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 21
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 reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less across western Kentucky, except around Owensboro. Surface low pressure lifted northeast toward the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky. The combination of wet ground and light winds in the immediate vicinity of the low pressure center contributed to dense fog.
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 10, 11:19 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 11:19 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 3:24 PM CST, 11 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 324 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-111100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 324 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENTER THE FORECAST MAINLY FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY A THUNDERSTORM...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. TOTAL AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT A HALF INCH ACROSS NORTHERN REACHES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...TO JUST OVER AN INCH IN THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOST OF THE OVERALL QUAD STATE REGION SHOULD SEE AVERAGE AMOUNTS IN THE THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH RANGE. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD THROUGH THE AREA. LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO BE IN THE 20S THURSDAY AND IN THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
21 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Ballard
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Carlisle
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Hickman
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Fulton
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, McCracken
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Graves
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Marshall
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Livingston
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Crittenden
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Lyon
- When
- January 11, 5:00 AM CST to 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, Caldwell
- When
- January 11, 6:00 AM CST to 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, Trigg
- When
- January 11, 6:00 AM CST to 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 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 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, Henderson
- When
- January 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 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, Webster
- When
- January 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, McLean
- When
- January 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 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, Hopkins
- When
- January 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 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, Muhlenberg
- When
- January 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 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, Christian
- When
- January 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 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, Todd
- When
- January 11, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, January 11, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 11 to 13, 2012
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 11, 2012
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Mexico, January 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in New York, January 11 to 12, 2012
- Strong Wind in Nebraska, January 11, 2012
- Dense Fog in Illinois, January 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 11 to 12, 2012
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 11 to 13, 2012
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 11 to 13, 2012
- Dense Fog in Missouri, January 11, 2012
- Hail in Georgia, January 11, 2012
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2012
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: 357125, 357119, 357120, 357121, 357122, 357123, 357124, 357126, 357127, 357128, 357129, 357131, 357132, 357133, 357134, 357136, 357137, 357138, 357139, 357141, 357142.