Texas, 2013

Dense Fog in Texas, November 10, 2013

November 10, 2013 · NWS AMA · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

Clear skies and light winds across the Texas Panhandle allowed strong radiational cooling during the early morning hours of the 10th. The strong cooling coupled with low level moisture in place across the panhandle to cause the development of dense fog.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
16

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 AMA wrote it up.

Clear skies and light winds across the Texas Panhandle allowed strong radiational cooling during the early morning hours of the 10th. The strong cooling coupled with low level moisture in place across the panhandle to cause the development of dense fog. The dense fog caused traffic issues during the morning commute across the panhandle. By 11 am, low level mixing increased and dissipated the dense fog. The following towns dropped to a quarter mile or less visibility across the Texas Panhandle: Borger (Hutchinson County); Miami (Roberts County); Canadian (Hemphill County); Panhandle (Carson County); Pampa (Gray County); Shamrock (Wheeler County); Claude (Armstrong County); Clarendon (Donley County); Wellington (Collingsworth); Stratford (Sherman County); Spearman (Hansford County); Perryton (Ochiltree County); Lipscomb (Lipscomb County); Dumas (Moore County); and Amarillo (Randall and Potter County).

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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 9, 11:19 PM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 11:19 PM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

16 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Hutchinson

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Hutchinson forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
35.840, -101.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Borger.

Dense Fog, Roberts

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Roberts forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
35.839, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Miami.

Dense Fog, Hemphill

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Hemphill forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
35.838, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Canadian.

Dense Fog, Carson

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Carson forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
35.404, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Panhandle.

Dense Fog, Gray

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Gray forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
35.401, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Pampa.

Dense Fog, Wheeler

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Wheeler forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
35.401, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Shamrock.

Dense Fog, Armstrong

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Armstrong forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Claude.

Dense Fog, Donley

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Donley forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
34.965, -100.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Clarendon.

Dense Fog, Collingsworth

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Collingsworth forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
34.965, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Wellington.

Dense Fog, Sherman

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Sherman forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.278, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Stratford.

Dense Fog, Hansford

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Hansford forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.278, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Spearman.

Dense Fog, Ochiltree

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Ochiltree forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.278, -100.816 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Perryton.

Dense Fog, Lipscomb

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Lipscomb forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
36.278, -100.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Lipscomb.

Dense Fog, Moore

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Moore forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Dumas.

Dense Fog, Randall

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Randall forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Amarillo.

Dense Fog, Potter

When
November 10, 3:40 AM CST to 10:53 AM CST
Where
Potter forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Less than a quarter mile visibility at Amarillo.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 477263, 477264, 477265, 477266, 477267, 477268, 477269, 477270, 477271, 477272, 477273, 477274, 477275, 477276, 477277, 477278.