Kansas, 2025

Dense Fog in Kansas, April 30, 2025

April 30, 2025 · NWS DDC · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

On the morning of 4/30, dense fog developed across western Kansas reducing many stations at or below a quarter mile visibilities.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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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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 DDC wrote it up.

On the morning of 4/30, dense fog developed across western Kansas reducing many stations at or below a quarter mile visibilities.

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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 4:36 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 4:36 AM CST, 19 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, Stanton

When
April 30, 4:55 AM CST
Where
Stanton forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibility a quarter-mile or less at KJHN.

Dense Fog, Hamilton

When
April 30, 5:15 AM CST
Where
Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibility less than quarter-mile at K3K3.

Dense Fog, Morton

When
April 30, 5:35 AM CST
Where
Morton forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibility a quarter-mile or less at KEHA.

Dense Fog, Kearny

When
April 30, 6:35 AM CST
Where
Kearny forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibility a quarter-mile or less at K36K.

Dense Fog, Haskell

When
April 30, 7:15 AM CST
Where
Haskell forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Visibility a quarter-mile or less at K19S.

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: 1244477, 1244476, 1244480, 1244479, 1244478.