Dense Fog — Garza, Texas

2007-12-08 to 2007-12-09 · Garza, Texas

Wider weather episode

Fog, 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.

A 51-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, was killed in a weather related vehicle accident approximately 10 miles northwest of Post on U.S. Highway 84. A tractor-trailer, previously stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and Texas Farm to Market Road 399, pulled onto the highway in front of the man's southbound vehicle. The car impacted the rear of the truck's trailer. The truck driver reported that he could not see the oncoming vehicle due to dense fog.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 65969. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.