Kentucky, 2017

Dense Fog in Kentucky, January 13 to 14, 2017

January 13 to 14, 2017 · NWS PAH · 17 events in 17 counties and zones

Widespread dense fog blanketed most of western Kentucky, generally along and southwest of a line from Marion to Madisonville and Central City. Visibility was reduced to one-quarter mile or less at times.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
17

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 most of western Kentucky, generally along and southwest of a line from Marion to Madisonville and Central City. Visibility was reduced to one-quarter mile or less at times. The dense fog formed during the late evening hours and continued through mid-morning. The dense fog formed immediately following a cold rainstorm. The fog area was under the southern periphery of a surface high pressure system that was centered over the Great Lakes region.

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 Jan 13, 2:26 PM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 2:26 PM CST, 7 hours 34 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

17 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Ballard

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Ballard forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Caldwell

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Calloway

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Calloway forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Carlisle

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Carlisle forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Christian

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Christian forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Crittenden

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Fulton

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Fulton forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Graves

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Graves forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Hickman

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Hickman forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Hopkins

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Livingston

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Livingston forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Lyon

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Lyon forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Marshall

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Marshall forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, McCracken

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
McCracken forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Muhlenberg

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Todd

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Todd forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Trigg

When
January 13, 10:00 PM CST to January 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Trigg forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
36.806, -87.873 (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

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 674365, 674366, 674367, 674369, 674370, 674371, 674372, 674373, 674374, 674375, 674376, 674377, 674379, 674380, 674381, 674382, 674383.