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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
210 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
VAC069-WVC003-027-037-065-170800-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SQ.W.0009.250217T0710Z-250217T0800Z/
FREDERICK VA-JEFFERSON WV-MORGAN WV-BERKELEY WV-HAMPSHIRE WV-
210 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EST.
* AT 208 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED OVER INWOOD, OR
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARTINSBURG, MOVING EAST AT 50 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 GREATER THAN 50 MPH COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MARTINSBURG WEST VIRGINIA AND
CEDAR HILL VIRGINIA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLES TOWN, GREENWOOD, RANSON, INWOOD, HARPERS FERRY,
KEARNEYSVILLE, CORPORATION OF RANSON, BOLIVAR, SHENANDOAH JUNCTION,
MIDDLEWAY, CLEAR BROOK, RIDGEWAY, BUNKER HILL, BLOOMERY, ARDEN, CEDAR
HILL, UNGER, MILLVILLE, BRUCETOWN, AND GLENGARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
IF TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY, FIND THE NEAREST EXIT OR REST AREA AND
PARK SAFELY AWAY FROM TRAFFIC. ALLOW SNOW SQUALLS TO PASS BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TO RESUME TRAVEL.
LAT...LON 3939 7774 3938 7775 3936 7774 3934 7776
3932 7772 3931 7774 3925 7777 3924 7777
3921 7779 3923 7799 3926 7803 3924 7804
3925 7812 3941 7849 3949 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 282DEG 43KT 3937 7809
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
DHOF
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