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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
330 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
MDC013-021-043-VAC043-069-107-WVC003-027-031-037-057-065-010930-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SQ.W.0002.260101T0830Z-260101T0930Z/
WASHINGTON MD-CARROLL MD-FREDERICK MD-LOUDOUN VA-FREDERICK VA-
CLARKE VA-JEFFERSON WV-MORGAN WV-MINERAL WV-HARDY WV-BERKELEY WV-
HAMPSHIRE WV-
330 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...
NORTHERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
MORGAN COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
MINERAL COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 430 AM EST.
* AT 329 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS TO NEAR
BERKELEY SPRINGS TO KEYSER, 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 72 AND 80.
INTERSTATE 70 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 58.
INTERSTATE 81 IN MARYLAND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
INTERSTATE 270 IN MARYLAND NEAR MILE MARKER 32.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREDERICK, HAGERSTOWN, WINCHESTER, WESTMINSTER, MARTINSBURG,
THURMONT, KEYSER, CHARLES TOWN, EMMITSBURG, MOOREFIELD, ROMNEY,
SHEPHERDSTOWN, HANCOCK, PAW PAW, MUNICIPAL STADIUM, HARRY GROVE
STADIUM, GREENWOOD, BALLENGER CREEK, ROBINWOOD, AND TANEYTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3972 7682 3943 7720 3901 7899 3919 7901
3924 7898 3926 7902 3948 7905 3944 7896
3956 7885 3959 7877 3954 7866 3952 7847
3955 7842 3959 7846 3959 7839 3962 7843
3961 7838 3970 7832 3972 7834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0829Z 335DEG 33KT 4004 7714 3962 7826 3945 7896
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
SNOW SQUALL IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT
EST
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