Dense Fog, Prince William
- When
- December 13, 7:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Prince William forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
Dense Fog in Virginia, December 13, 2019
Moisture underneath a subsidence inversion resulted in areas of dense fog. Visibility was around one-quarter mile.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 LWX wrote it up.
Moisture underneath a subsidence inversion resulted in areas of dense fog. Visibility was around one-quarter mile.
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, Fairfax
- When
- December 13, 7:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Arlington
- When
- December 13, 7:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Arlington forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.855, -77.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Northern Fauquier
- When
- December 13, 7:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Fauquier forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.739, -77.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Western Loudoun
- When
- December 13, 7:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Loudoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 39.091, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Eastern Loudoun
- When
- December 13, 7:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Loudoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 39.091, -77.636 (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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- Winter Weather in Maryland, December 13, 2019
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- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 13, 2019
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 13, 2019
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 13 to 14, 2019
- Dense Fog in Maryland, December 13, 2019
- Dense Fog in Missouri, December 13 to 14, 2019
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 13 to 14, 2019
- Flash Flood in Georgia, December 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow in California, December 13 to 15, 2019
- Flash Flooding in South Carolina, December 13, 2019
More
Every storm in Virginia in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 2019
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 869992, 869993, 869994, 869995, 869996, 869997.