Dense Fog — Finney, Kansas

2025-01-30 · Finney, Kansas

Event narrative

About a seven hour period of reduced visibility to one quarter mile in dense fog as observed by the ASOS at the Garden City Airport.

Wider weather episode

Widespread dense fog developed across most of central and into parts of western Kansas during the overnight hours of January 30th. Many of the observations were reporting visibility dropped to one eighth of a mile in the triangle from Hays to Dodge City and Great Bend during the morning commute time (7-8 am).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1228048. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.