Dense Fog, Sw S.J. Valley
- When
- March 11, 5:17 AM PST to 10:20 AM PST
- Where
- Sw S.J. Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
Dense fog reduced visibility to below a quarter mile at the Hanford ASOS.
Dense Fog in California, March 11, 2017
The combination of high pressure and abundant surface moisture allowed for patches of dense fog to form on the morning of March 11 which reduced visibility near Hanford and Lemoore to a few hundred feet.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- 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 HNX wrote it up.
The combination of high pressure and abundant surface moisture allowed for patches of dense fog to form on the morning of March 11 which reduced visibility near Hanford and Lemoore to a few hundred feet.
Event by event
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 11 to 12, 2017
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, March 11, 2017
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Arkansas, March 11, 2017
- Dense Fog in California, March 11 to 16, 2017
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 11, 2017
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, March 11, 2017
- Winter Weather in Georgia, March 11 to 12, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, March 11 to 12, 2017
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, March 11 to 12, 2017
- Cold in New York, March 11, 2017
- Cold in Vermont, March 11, 2017
More
Every storm in California in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 2017
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: 685299.