Kentucky, 2022

Dense Fog in Kentucky, December 6 to 7, 2022

December 6 to 7, 2022 · NWS PAH · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Widespread dense fog reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less across parts of extreme western Kentucky, mainly from Paducah west and southwest. The late-night dense fog formed in the vicinity of a surface trough of low pressure extending from the Missouri bootheel northeast along the Ohio River.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less across parts of extreme western Kentucky, mainly from Paducah west and southwest. The late-night dense fog formed in the vicinity of a surface trough of low pressure extending from the Missouri bootheel northeast along the Ohio River.

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 Dec 6, 4:22 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 4:22 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

5 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.

Dense Fog, Ballard

When
December 6, 10:00 PM CST to December 7, 4:00 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, Carlisle

When
December 6, 10:00 PM CST to December 7, 4:00 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, Fulton

When
December 6, 10:00 PM CST to December 7, 4:00 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, Hickman

When
December 6, 10:00 PM CST to December 7, 4:00 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, McCracken

When
December 6, 10:00 PM CST to December 7, 4:00 AM CST
Where
McCracken forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
37.054, -88.713 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 1065308, 1065310, 1065311, 1065312, 1065313.