Dense Fog Drops Visibility to 0.1 Miles Across Central Alabama Sunday Morning With Dangerous Driving Conditions From Tuscaloosa and Birmingham Through Clanton and Alexander City
BIRMINGHAM, AL — A First Alert Dense Fog event is impacting central Alabama early Sunday morning, with visibility readings dropping to as low as 0.1 miles across multiple communities as of 6:00 AM, creating extremely hazardous driving conditions across a broad corridor of the state that forecasters expect to gradually improve only after 8:00 AM.
Visibility Plummeting to 0.1 Miles Across Multiple Communities
Visibility data captured at 6:00 AM Sunday shows an alarming number of communities recording readings of just 0.1 miles, the most dangerous category on the visibility scale. Hamilton, Fayette, Jasper, Cullman, Oneonta, Tuscaloosa, Hoover, Clanton, Rockford, and Alexander City have all reported 0.1 mile visibility simultaneously.
These readings represent near-zero visibility conditions that make safe driving virtually impossible without extreme caution, dramatically reduced speeds, and maximum headlight usage across all affected roadways.
Patchy Improvement Across Outer Edges of the Region
While the worst fog is concentrated across the central Alabama core, some outer communities are reporting better but still limited visibility readings. Centreville is reporting 1.5 miles, Anniston sits at 1.3 miles, and Greensboro is recording 0.3 miles, indicating the fog density varies considerably across different portions of the warned area.
Communities including Demopolis, Marion, Talladega, and Ashland are reporting readings around 3.2 miles, suggesting conditions are more manageable toward the outer edges of the fog zone while remaining dangerously restricted in the interior.
Conditions Expected to Improve Gradually After 8 AM
Forecasters indicate that the dense fog conditions across central Alabama should begin a gradual improvement process after 8:00 AM Sunday as morning heating helps lift and dissipate the fog layer across the region. However, drivers heading out before that time should treat every roadway across the affected zone as potentially hazardous.
Motorists are urged to slow down significantly, increase following distances, use low-beam headlights, and avoid any unnecessary early morning travel until visibility conditions across central Alabama fully recover following the 8:00 AM improvement window.
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