Dense Fog, Ballard
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ballard forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in Kentucky, December 1 to 2, 2023
Widespread dense fog reduced visibility to one-quarter mile or less across much of Western Kentucky for the overnight and early morning hours, mainly along a line from Fulton to Owensboro. The dense fog formed in the vicinity of a surface trough of low pressure extending northeast to southwest across Western Kentucky.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 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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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 much of Western Kentucky for the overnight and early morning hours, mainly along a line from Fulton to Owensboro. The dense fog formed in the vicinity of a surface trough of low pressure extending northeast to southwest across Western Kentucky.
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 1, 5:37 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 5:37 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 754 PM CST Fri Dec 1 2023 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-021000- Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-White- Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-Hardin- Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-Warrick- Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-Livingston- Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-Union KY-Webster- Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO- Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-Ripley-Butler-Stoddard- Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid- 754 PM CST Fri Dec 1 2023 /854 PM EST Fri Dec 1 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Patchy dense fog is possible through midnight across the Bootheel of southeast Missouri, far southern and southeast Illinois, and the Purchase Region of western Kentucky. Refer to the Special Weather Statement for additional details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 7:44 PM CST, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service PADUCAH KY 744 PM CST Fri Dec 1 2023 ILZ087-090>094-KYZ001>014-MOZ112-114-020600- Gallatin-Pope-Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Fulton-Hickman- Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-Livingston-Marshall-Calloway- Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-Union KY-Mississippi-New Madrid- Including the cities of Shawneetown, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, Metropolis, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Benton, Murray, Marion, Eddyville, Cadiz, Princeton, Morganfield, Charleston, and New Madrid 744 PM CST Fri Dec 1 2023 ...Patchy Dense Fog Through Midnight... Locally dense fog has developed across portions of the Purchase Region of western Kentucky, far southern and southeast Illinois, and the Bootheel Region of southeast Missouri. Drivers should be alert for rapid reductions in visibility. If you encounter dense fog while driving, slow down, use your low beam headlines, and leave plenty of space between your vehicle and others. The fog will diminish in coverage after midnight as cloud cover and winds increase. DWS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Carlisle
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carlisle forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Hickman
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Fulton
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, McCracken
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCracken forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Graves
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Graves forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Marshall
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Livingston
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Crittenden
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Union
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Henderson
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Webster
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, Daviess
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog, McLean
- When
- December 1, 8:00 PM CST to December 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- McLean forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.529, -87.264 (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
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Washington, December 1 to 4, 2023
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, December 1 to 4, 2023
- Drought in Missouri, December 1 to 31, 2023
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Idaho, December 1 to 4, 2023
- Drought in Kansas, December 1 to 31, 2023
- Wildfire in Colorado, December 1 to 2, 2023
- Drought in Iowa, December 1 to 31, 2023
- Drought in New Mexico, December 1 to 31, 2023
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, December 1, 2023
- Drought in Tennessee, December 1 to 31, 2023
- Drought in Georgia, December 1 to 31, 2023
- Drought in Virginia, December 1 to 31, 2023
More
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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: 1152106, 1152107, 1152108, 1152109, 1152110, 1152111, 1152113, 1152116, 1152117, 1152118, 1152119, 1152120, 1152121, 1152122.