California, 2022Dense Fog in California, March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022 · NWS HNX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
The storm that a quarter to a half inch of rain to much of the San Joaquin Valley during the previous day moved east the area overnight. As a result, winds diminished and skies cleared out in some locations.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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The storm that a quarter to a half inch of rain to much of the San Joaquin Valley during the previous day moved east the area overnight. As a result, winds diminished and skies cleared out in some locations. This allowed for patchy dense fog to form around sunrise in the Merced area and also east of Fresno and in Sanger. The fog briefly impacted travel along portions of SR 99 and SR 180 until dissipating within an hour after sunrise.
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 Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 28, 1:41 PM PST, 15 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 1:41 PM PST, 15 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Dense Fog, Fresno - Clovis
- When
- March 29, 5:30 AM PST to 7:30 AM PST
- Where
- Fresno - Clovis forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 36.758, -119.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Webcams showed visibility below 1000 feet along SR 180 east of Fresno and north of Sanger.
Dense Fog, Merced-Madera-Mendota
- When
- March 29, 5:35 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Merced-Madera-Mendota forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.056, -120.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Visibility below a quarter mile was reported in Merced and Atwater.
- 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.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 29 to 30, 2022$590,000 · EF1 · 5 events
- Wildfire and High Wind in Kansas, March 29 to 30, 2022$100,000 · 51 kt wind · 2 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Kansas, March 29, 2022EF1 · 8 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 29, 2022EF1 · 3 events
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, March 29, 2022$25,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in Wisconsin, March 29, 2022$20,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Texas, March 29 to 30, 202260 kt wind · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 29, 20221 in hail · 11 events
- High Wind in Texas, March 29, 202256 kt wind · 9 events
- Drought in South Dakota, March 29 to 31, 20228 events
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 29, 202256 kt wind · 8 events
- Winter Weather in Michigan, March 29 to 30, 2022$8,000 · 8 events
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: 1004413, 1004411.