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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
932 AM EST MON JAN 20 2025
VAC107-WVC003-037-201515-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SQ.W.0008.250120T1432Z-250120T1515Z/
LOUDOUN VA-JEFFERSON WV-BERKELEY WV-
932 AM EST MON JAN 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EST.
* AT 931 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENWOOD TO NEAR HARPERS FERRY, MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN INWOOD AND MARTINSBURG, AND
ROUTES 340 AND 9 NORTH OF CHARLES TOWN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARTINSBURG, CHARLES TOWN, RANSON, INWOOD, HARPERS FERRY,
KEARNEYSVILLE, CORPORATION OF RANSON, LOVETTSVILLE, BOLIVAR,
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, WATERFORD, SHANGHAI, NEERSVILLE, VANVILLE,
HALLTOWN, ARDEN, JONES SPRINGS, MARTINSBURG AIRPORT, MILLVILLE, AND
TAYLORSTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS MAY RESULT FROM PEOPLE EXITING THEIR
VEHICLES DURING A SNOW SQUALL. DRIVERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOU OR
STOP! IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR PULLED TO THE SIDE
OF THE ROADWAY, QUICKLY EXIT YOUR VEHICLE AND MOVE AS FAR AWAY FROM
THE ROADWAY AS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. DO NOT STAND
ALONG OR NEAR THE ROADWAY, SINCE APPROACHING VEHICLES MAY BE UNABLE
TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
LAT...LON 3935 7775 3934 7776 3933 7775 3932 7770
3932 7768 3928 7756 3918 7759 3923 7777
3933 7799 3946 7820 3951 7818 3952 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 1431Z 287DEG 22KT 3948 7816 3928 7777
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
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