Virginia, 2014Dense 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.
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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- 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.
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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- 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.
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
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- Debris Flow in Washington, November 26, 2014$40,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, November 26 to 27, 201427 events
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- Winter Storm in Maine, November 26 to 27, 201417 events
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- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 26 to 27, 201413 events
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.