Indiana, 2013

Dense Fog in Indiana, April 29, 2013

April 29, 2013 · NWS IWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Clearing skies and moist ground conditions allowed for the rapid development of dense fog during the late evening and overnight hours of April 28th into the 29th. Surface observations indicated visibilities of one quarter mile or less initially across far northwestern Indiana and then progressing southeast through the night.

The toll

Deaths
1
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 IWX wrote it up.

Clearing skies and moist ground conditions allowed for the rapid development of dense fog during the late evening and overnight hours of April 28th into the 29th. Surface observations indicated visibilities of one quarter mile or less initially across far northwestern Indiana and then progressing southeast through the night. A 20 year old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a one vehicle accident around 1 am CDT with the dense fog playing a large factor in the death. The county coroner reported that the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a cement drainage culvert at a time when very heavy pea soup fog as in the area. Visibility locally in that area was less than one car length.

Event by event

1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, La Porte

When
April 29, 1:00 AM CST to 1:01 AM CST
Where
La Porte forecast zone
Deaths
0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by
County Official

A 20 year old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a one vehicle accident around 1 am CDT with the dense fog playing a large factor in the death. The county coroner reported that the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a cement drainage culvert at a time when very heavy pea soup fog as in the area. Visibility locally in that area was less than one car length.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Dense Fog, La Porte2013-04-2920FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect

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

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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: 437702.