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Freezing Fog in Fillmore, Minnesota

Freezing Fog December 20, 2014 – December 21, 2014 · Fillmore, Minnesota

1
Death
1
Injury
$5K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A woman was killed in a one car accident that occurred near Pilot Mound during the evening of December 20th. Icy conditions developed from moisture deposited on the roads from fog with temperatures below freezing. The vehicle the woman was riding in went off the road because of the icy conditions and rolled into a ditch.

The wider storm

A woman was killed in a December 20th traffic accident near Pilot Mound (Fillmore County) that occurred on icy roads. The icy roads developed from moisture that was deposited on the roads from fog with temperatures below freezing. According to police reports, the vehicle the woman was riding in went off the road because of the icy conditions and rolled into a ditch. The automated weather observing equipment at the Preston airport was reporting 3 miles visibility in fog with a temperature of 28 degrees at the time of the accident.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 548028. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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