Moisture remained trapped under an inversion which allowed dense fog to form across portions of western Colorado.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 GJT wrote it up.
Moisture remained trapped under an inversion which allowed dense fog to form across portions of western Colorado.
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 Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 29, 3:26 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 544 AM MST FRI NOV 29 2013 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-301300- LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-GRAND VALLEY-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY-UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER-ANIMAS RIVER BASIN- SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT- LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- 544 AM MST FRI NOV 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH...AS WELL IN MANY VALLEYS OF WESTERN COLORADO WEST OF OF CRAIG TO DURANGO LINE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY MAY DROP AS LOW AS 1/2 MILE IN THE FOG AND CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED TRAVEL SLOWDOWNS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SOME SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA ALONG WITH SOME GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...VERY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense fog occurred across the area, including at Meeker and Craig where visibilities dropped down to a quarter mile or less.
Dense fog occurred across portions of the Four Corners region as visibilities dropped down to a quarter mile or less, including the area along Highway 160 between Cortez and Towaoc.
Dense fog occurred in the Eagle area, including the Eagle Valley Regional Airport where visibilities dropped to a quarter mile or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, November 2013
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: 516457, 517010, 516459.