Dense Fog in Texas

Events

224

Deaths

14

Injuries

106

Damage

$6.7 million

• Dense Fog in Texas, March 27, 20113 deaths · $30,000 · 1 eventA vintage 1946 Stinson 108 airplane took off from a private airfield near County Road 142 and County Road 129 in Dickens County around 04:30 CST on the 27th.
• Dense Fog in Texas, November 22, 20122 deaths · $6.0 million · 1 eventAn area of dense fog on Interstate 10 lead to massive pileup.
• Dense Fog in Texas, January 6, 201254 injured · 1 eventA mixture of smoke and fog combine to reduce visibility along a Texas highway.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 11, 20112 deaths · 1 eventDense fog developed during the early morning hours over the Rolling Plains and South Plains. In Dickens county, a fatality vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 264 and U.S. Highway 82 at 805am CST.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 13, 200720 injured · $100,000 · 1 eventDense fog caused numerous wrecks.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 17, 20241 death · $50,000 · 1 eventOne fatality occurred in Fannin County due to patchy dense fog.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 8 to 9, 20071 death · $40,000 · 1 eventFog, occasionally dense, developed rapidly over the central and western South Plains of west Texas during the late afternoon hours of the 8th...and persisted into the morning hours of the 9th. Although widespread, impacts from the fog were most severe in Garza County.
• Dense Fog in Texas, November 10 to 12, 20091 death · $30,000 · 3 eventsFog developed over portions of the South Plains during the morning hours of the 10th, and the fog briefly became dense at a few locations. Low visibilities contributed to a fatal automobile accident near Amherst (Lamb County) around 08:30 CST.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 13, 20111 death · 1 injured · $15,000 · 1 eventFog developed during the afternoon hours across the region and became dense across Hale County. A woman traveling northbound on Interstate 27 in Hale County crossed the median and was struck by a vehicle traveling southbound.
• Dense Fog in Texas, October 23, 20241 death · 1 injured · 1 eventDense fog formed during the early morning hours on Oct. 23rd over the inland Coastal Plains to Brush Country. A two car head-on accident occurred in Jim Wells County off of Highway 369 and FM 1539, south of Orange Grove.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 20, 20141 death · 8 eventsAbundant moisture caused fog to occur during the morning of the 20th. Dense fog with visibility at or below one quarter mile happened for at least a short period during the indicated time range in or near the cities of Amarillo (Potter and Randall counties), Dalhart (Dallam and…
• Dense Fog in Texas, January 22, 20261 death · 1 eventFollowing widespread rains that fell across much of the Four State Region on January 21st, a clearing sky and light winds allowed for areas of dense fog to develop across portions of extreme Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, and adjacent sections of Southwest Arkansas during…
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 2, 20219 injured · $195,000 · 1 eventDense fog was a factor in a several car accident in Kaufman County that resulted in a total of 13 injuries.
• Dense Fog in Texas, February 9, 20004 injured · $75,000 · 1 eventDense fog was a significant factor in seven automobile accidents in the Port Arthur area of Jefferson County. There were 4 injuries and 21 damaged vehicles. All of the injuries were minor.
• Dense Fog in Texas, January 1, 20196 injured · 1 eventDense fog formed after midnight on the east side of Austin and contributed to a 20-40 vehicle accident. Six people were taken to hospitals as a result.
• Dense Fog in Texas, November 27, 2006$75,000 · 1 eventFog became locally dense across the extreme southwestern South Plains during the morning hours of the 27th. Motorists experienced near-zero visibilities in portions of Yoakum County, and this resulted in at least three automobile accidents. No injuries were reported.
• Dense Fog in Texas, February 27 to 28, 20123 injured · $20,000 · 1 eventLate in the evening of the 27th, dense fog formed across the South Plains of West Texas. Shortly after visibilities dropped below 1/4 mile, two vehicle accidents were reported in Lubbock County.
• Dense Fog in Texas, October 9, 2002$25,000 · 1 eventDense fog resulted in a large traffic accident on Interstate 10 near the intersection of highway 67, eight miles west of Fort Stockton. Visibility was reduced to one hundred yards.
• Dense Fog in Texas, November 10 to 11, 201318 eventsClear skies and light winds across the Texas Panhandle allowed strong radiational cooling during the late night hours of the 10th. The strong cooling coupled with low level moisture in place across the panhandle to cause the development of dense fog.
• Dense Fog in Texas, November 2, 20152 injured · 1 eventAn eleven vehicle accident occurred on Highway 181 about halfway between Beeville and Skidmore during the early morning hours in dense fog. The dense fog reduced visibility to around 50 feet. The accident involved a school bus being rear ended by a delivery truck.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 27, 20192 injured · 1 eventWidespread dense fog spread over the region on the morning of the 27th. An accident involving two vehicles occurred about one mile southeast of Slaton (Lubbock County) along US Highway 84.
• Dense Fog in Texas, January 2, 20252 injured · 1 eventTwo people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries following a seven-vehicle chain reaction crash near Aransas Pass just at the start of the New Year, according to the Texas DPS. The incident occurred around 7:50 a.m.
• Dense Fog in Texas, February 27, 20252 injured · 1 eventFoggy conditions played a role in a two-vehicle crash on the morning of February 24 around 7:45 a.m. along U.S. Highway 59 near the intersection with F.M. 799. The accident involved a southbound truck tractor semi-trailer driven and a Ford Explorer.
• Dense Fog in Texas, November 10, 201316 eventsClear skies and light winds across the Texas Panhandle allowed strong radiational cooling during the early morning hours of the 10th. The strong cooling coupled with low level moisture in place across the panhandle to cause the development of dense fog.
• Dense Fog in Texas, December 10 to 11, 201415 eventsA moist air mass and cooling temperatures caused fog to form by late evening on the 10th and persist through the early morning hours of the 11th across the Texas Panhandle.

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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.