Dense Fog in Alabama
Every dense fog event the National Weather Service has filed in Alabama, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
The most significant on the map
The most significant dense fog episodes in Alabama.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 7
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 29
- Damage
- $600,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Dense Fog in Alabama, November 28, 2000Dense fog, combined with smoke, contributed to a 13 vehicle pileup on Interstate 10 near Grand Bay. Light fog was locally enhanced by smoke, resulting in very low visibilities.
- Dense Fog in Alabama, November 3, 2000Patchy dense fog and smoke from a nearby brush fire combined to contribute to a series of traffic pileups involving between 30 and 35 vehicles on Interstate 10.
- Dense Fog in Alabama, December 18, 2008Locally dense fog on the Coosa River led to a boating accident.
- Dense Fog in Alabama, December 16, 2000Patchy, but locally dense, fog formed over Mobile Bay during the early morning hours. The fog sharply reduced visibilities along sections of the Interstate 10 Bayway, just east of the George Wallace Tunnel.
- Dense Fog in Alabama, December 14, 2006Dense fog produced very hazardous driving conditions and resulted in numerous automobile accidents.
- Dense Fog in Alabama, August 16, 2012The combination of light winds and plenty of low level moisture resulted in widespread dense fog across north Alabama early on the morning of August 16th. The dense fog resulted in an accident in which a bicyclist was injured after being struck by a sports utility vehicle.
- Dense Fog in Alabama, October 17, 2013Dense fog reduced visibility to 1/4 mile or less during the morning commuting hours. A high school student was injured by a vehicle while waiting for a school bus in northern Madison County.
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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 2026-09-24.