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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
229 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
MDC001-043-WVC027-057-065-010815-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SQ.W.0001.260101T0729Z-260101T0815Z/
WASHINGTON MD-ALLEGANY MD-MORGAN WV-MINERAL WV-HAMPSHIRE WV-
229 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 AM EST.
* AT 227 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPRUCE HILL TO NEAR CESSNA TO NEAR GRANVILLE,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 68 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 80.
INTERSTATE 70 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FROSTBURG, MD, CUMBERLAND, MD, FLINTSTONE, MD, KEYSER, WV
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
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.
LAT...LON 3972 7810 3953 7828 3944 7890 3942 7913
3946 7909 3947 7910 3948 7907 3972 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 312DEG 33KT 4045 7743 4006 7855 3962 8005
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
EST
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