Dense Fog, Vanderburgh
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Indiana, February 15, 2016
Widespread dense fog blanketed southwest Indiana during the morning hours. Visibility was reduced to one-quarter mile or less.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 PAH wrote it up.
Widespread dense fog blanketed southwest Indiana during the morning hours. Visibility was reduced to one-quarter mile or less. The dense fog occurred under a weak surface high to the north of a stationary front over the Tennessee Valley. The dense fog lingered for the entire day over the Spencer County area.
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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 15, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 3:53 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 353 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-161100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 353 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SLICK ROADS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE BY AROUND 9 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE ABOVE FREEZING...BUT SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...MAINLY IN GRASSY AREAS ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DRS
In the hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 304 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-151500- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 304 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016 ...SLICK SPOTS EXPECTED ON MOST AREA ROADS THIS MORNING... BE ALERT FOR VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON ROADS THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE REMNANTS OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION THAT FELL YESTERDAY WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN...BUT A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY AGGRAVATE THE PROBLEMS IN A FEW LOCATIONS. ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. DRS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Warrick
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Warrick forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Gibson
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gibson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Posey
- When
- February 15, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Posey forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 38.022, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Pike
- When
- February 15, 6:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 38.399, -87.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Spencer
- When
- February 15, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, February 15, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 15, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Florida, February 15, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Winter Storm in New York, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Damaging Winds and Winter Weather in Georgia, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 15, 2016
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Louisiana, February 15, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, February 15, 2016
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, February 2016
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: 615708, 615709, 615710, 615711, 615707, 615706.