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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
214 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
PAC051-059-WVC049-061-103-010800-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SQ.W.0016.260101T0714Z-260101T0800Z/
FAYETTE PA-GREENE PA-MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-WETZEL WV-
214 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
MONONGALIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WETZEL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EST.
* AT 214 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM NEAR UNIONTOWN TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW MARTINSVILLE,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORGANTOWN, FAIRMONT, UNIONTOWN, WESTOVER, MANNINGTON, STAR CITY,
MASONTOWN, PLEASANT VALLEY, WINFIELD, BARRACKVILLE, POINT MARION,
MONONGAH, GRANVILLE, FAIRVIEW, HUNDRED, CASSVILLE, BROOKHAVEN,
FAIRCHANCE, RIVESVILLE AND SMITHFIELD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 68 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
INTERSTATE 79 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 160.
INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 7.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3970 8053 3975 8029 3997 7963 3960 7987
3958 7990 3945 7994 3940 8002 3939 8009
3941 8011 3939 8020 3944 8028 3945 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 336DEG 24KT 3989 7964 3975 8025 3961 8094
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
RACKLEY
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