Dense Fog, Clark
- When
- February 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dense Fog in South Dakota, February 3, 2021
A Hitchcock South Dakota man became disoriented in dense fog Tuesday night, February 2nd while driving a snowmobile four miles north of Willow Lake in Clark county. The man had gone ice fishing and was reported missing at 6 am on Wednesday, February 3rd.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What happened
The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
A Hitchcock South Dakota man became disoriented in dense fog Tuesday night, February 2nd while driving a snowmobile four miles north of Willow Lake in Clark county. The man had gone ice fishing and was reported missing at 6 am on Wednesday, February 3rd. The man drove his snowmobile into open water on the north side of Dry Lake and drowned. The Codington County Search and Rescue dive team recovered the man's body from the open water at around 6 pm Wednesday, February 3rd.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dense Fog, Clark | 2021-02-03 | 65 | Male | In Water | Indirect |
What these are
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
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: 944908.