Another night with clear skies and light winds prevailing across the San Joaquin Valley made for favorable conditions for fog to develop toward daybreak which impacted travel along SR 99 north of Merced as well as along SR 198 between Visalia and Hanford. The fog dissipated by late morning.
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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.
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Another night with clear skies and light winds prevailing across the San Joaquin Valley made for favorable conditions for fog to develop toward daybreak which impacted travel along SR 99 north of Merced as well as along SR 198 between Visalia and Hanford. The fog dissipated by late morning.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Visibility below a quarter mile was reported in Hanford. Several webcams showed visibility below 1000 feet.
Visibility below a quarter mile was reported in Atwater.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2023
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: 1069119, 1069118.