A man was killed when his truck slid into the path of a freight train while snow was falling across western Wisconsin. According to official reports, heavy, wet snow was falling as the driver approached a rail crossing north of Fountain City (Buffalo County).
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
A man was killed when his truck slid into the path of a freight train while snow was falling across western Wisconsin. According to official reports, heavy, wet snow was falling as the driver approached a rail crossing north of Fountain City (Buffalo County). He was unable to stop when the crossing arm closed and slid into the path of the train.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 5:48 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 502 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-251100- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- 502 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS SNOW. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOW REPORTS FROM TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ011-030-MNZ088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041-042-053>055-061- 251100- ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 502 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLAN ON 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL TODAY INTO TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOW REPORTS FROM TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ043-044-251100- JUNEAU-ADAMS- 502 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY OCCUR FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS LOOK LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY SNOW REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. DAS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 316 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-241300- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 316 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. WET UNTREATED SURFACES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE AND BECOME SLICK AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. ROGERS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The driver of a vehicle was killed when he slid into the path of an oncoming freight train north of Fountain City. The accident occurred on slippery roads created by the heavy, wet snow that was falling.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Buffalo | 2014-11-24 | 32 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, November 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 545893.