Dense Fog in Indian Wells Valley, California

Dense Fog December 7, 2019 · Indian Wells Valley, California

Death

$50K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

California Highway Patrol reported a multi-vehicle accident around 200 am PST on State Route 14 just south of Inyokern. An occupant of one of the vehicles was killed in the accident. Fog was reported in the area just before the time of the accident and lasted for around two hours.

The wider storm

Skies cleared out and winds diminished following a weak system which produced some light rainfall across the Kern County Deserts during the evening hours on December 6. Patches of dense fog formed in the Indian Wells Valley for a few hours during the morning of December 7. The fog caused a fatal multi-vehicle accident along State Route 14 near Inyokern.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 859399. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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