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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
829 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2026
PAC019-031-053-073-085-121-070200-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SQ.W.0040.260207T0129Z-260207T0200Z/
BUTLER PA-CLARION PA-FOREST PA-LAWRENCE PA-MERCER PA-VENANGO PA-
829 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FOREST COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
VENANGO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
CENTRAL CLARION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EST.
* AT 829 PM EST, A HAZARDOUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM 6 MILES WEST OF TIONESTA TO OVER HERMITAGE, OR ALONG A LINE
FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF OIL CITY TO OVER HERMITAGE, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS UP
TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HERMITAGE, SHARON, OIL CITY, GROVE CITY, FRANKLIN, SHARPSVILLE,
KNOX, GREENVILLE, SUGARCREEK, FARRELL, SLIPPERY ROCK, NEW
WILMINGTON, OAKWOOD, NEW CASTLE NORTHWEST, TIONESTA, MERCER,
PULASKI, HASSON HEIGHTS, STONEBORO AND SENECA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 80 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 59.
INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 135.
INTERSTATE 376 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.
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.
REDUCE YOUR SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4140 8052 4143 8020 4149 8008 4149 8000
4162 7980 4139 7917 4108 7961 4108 7968
4117 7969 4107 7969 4102 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 310DEG 38KT 4148 7956 4130 7995 4123 8045
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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