Dense Fog — Tulare County, California

2020-12-21 to 2020-12-22 · Tulare County, California

Event narrative

Visalia reported visibility below a quarter mile. A head on collision between one car and a semi-truck occurred at the intersection of SR 65 and Ave 32 south of Porterville around 500 am PST. Visibility below a quarter mile was reported by California Highway Patrol at that time. The driver of the car was killed in the crash.

Wider weather episode

Areas of dense fog reformed in the San Joaquin Valley during the evening of December 21. The fog was responsible for a two vehicle accident near Porterville in which the driver of one of the vehicles was killed during the early morning of December 22. The fog lifted into a low cloud deck by late morning and dissipated by early afternoon as a low pressure system moving through the Pacific Northwest provided for some mixing.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 925635. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.