Dense Fog in Missouri, January 15 to 16, 2017

Name: Dense Fog in Missouri, January 15 to 16, 2017
Start: 2017-01-15T22:00
End: 2017-01-16T09:00
Location: Missouri

January 15 to 16, 2017 · NWS PAH · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

Widespread dense fog blanketed southeast Missouri. Visibility was reduced to one-quarter mile or less at times.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 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: 11

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 southeast Missouri. Visibility was reduced to one-quarter mile or less at times. The dense fog formed ahead of a warm front during the evening hours. Moist ground due to recent rainfall contributed to the fog. The fog persisted until a warm front passed during the mid-morning hours.

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 15, 8:53 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 8:53 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

11 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Bollinger

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Bollinger forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.322, -90.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Butler

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.716, -90.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Cape Girardeau

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Carter

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Carter forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.941, -90.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Mississippi

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Mississippi forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.828, -89.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, New Madrid

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: New Madrid forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.595, -89.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Perry

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Perry forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.707, -89.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Ripley

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Ripley forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.653, -90.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Scott

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Scott forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.053, -89.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Stoddard

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Stoddard forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 36.856, -89.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dense Fog, Wayne

When: January 15, 10:00 PM CST to January 16, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 37.113, -90.461 (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

Every storm in Missouri in 2017 Every state in 2017 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, January 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: 674416, 674417, 674418, 674419, 674420, 674421, 674422, 674423, 674424, 674425, 674426.