Virginia, 2014

Dense Fog in Virginia, November 26 to 27, 2014

November 26 to 27, 2014 · NWS LWX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Clearing conditions combined with calming winds across a fresh snowpack led to widespread dense fog across portions of central and northern Virginia.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
8

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 LWX wrote it up.

Clearing conditions combined with calming winds across a fresh snowpack led to widespread dense fog across portions of central and northern Virginia.

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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 26, 6:26 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 6:26 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

8 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Eastern Highland

When
November 26, 9:40 PM EST to November 27, 7:15 AM EST
Where
Eastern Highland forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.362, -79.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated visibilities of one-quarter mile or less by observations in surrounding counties.

Dense Fog, Augusta

When
November 26, 9:40 PM EST to November 27, 7:15 AM EST
Where
Augusta forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.109, -78.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibilities of one-quarter mile or less were reported by SHD.

Dense Fog, Page

When
November 26, 9:50 PM EST to November 27, 10:45 AM EST
Where
Page forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibilities of one-quarter mile or less were reported by LUA.

Dense Fog, Rockingham

When
November 26, 10:25 PM EST to November 27, 9:40 AM EST
Where
Rockingham forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.481, -78.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated visibilities of one-quarter mile or less by interpolation between SHD and 8W2.

Dense Fog, Shenandoah

When
November 27, 1:15 AM EST to 9:20 AM EST
Where
Shenandoah forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.858, -78.571 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibilities of one-quarter mile or less were reported by 8W2.

Dense Fog, Clarke

When
November 27, 2:25 AM EST to 8:40 AM EST
Where
Clarke forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
39.112, -77.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Estimated visibilities of one-quarter mile or less by interpolation between OKV and FRR.

Dense Fog, Frederick

When
November 27, 2:25 AM EST to 7:05 AM EST
Where
Frederick forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
39.195, -78.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibilities of one-quarter mile or less were reported at OKV.

Dense Fog, Warren

When
November 27, 2:25 AM EST to 10:15 AM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibilities of one-quarter mile or less were reported by FRR.

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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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: 550422, 550425, 550424, 550426, 550427, 550420, 550421, 550423.