High Wind in Rock, Wisconsin

High winds out of the northwest were a factor in a multi-vehicle accident that killed a 86 year old man near the intersection of Highway 11 and Dunbar Road in the Town of Plymouth. The car driven by the 86 year old man crossed the center-line going westbound and collided with an eastbound Freightliner. Wind gusts were as high as 46 mph at the Janesville airport and the strong winds may have pushed the car across the center-line.

A rapidly deepening low pressure area moved north through Wisconsin with strong west to northwest winds in its wake. The strong winds began with the passage of the occluded front during the evening of February 20th. The winds weakened by late afternoon or evening on February 21st. The high winds contributed to the cause of a multi-vehicle accident that involved one death.