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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1130 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2026
PAC051-059-WVC049-061-077-070515-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.SQ.W.0046.260207T0430Z-260207T0515Z/
FAYETTE PA-GREENE PA-MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-PRESTON WV-
1130 PM EST FRI FEB 6 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...
CENTRAL PRESTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
MONONGALIA COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EST.
* AT 1130 PM EST, A HAZARDOUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF FAIRVIEW TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF UNIONTOWN, OR
ALONG A LINE FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANNINGTON TO 9 MILES SOUTH
OF UNIONTOWN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
MORGANTOWN, FAIRMONT, WESTOVER, KINGWOOD, STAR CITY, PLEASANT
VALLEY, WINFIELD, BARRACKVILLE, POINT MARION, MONONGAH, GRANVILLE,
FAIRVIEW, NEWBURG, BROOKHAVEN, CASSVILLE, FAIRCHANCE, RIVESVILLE,
SMITHFIELD, GRANT TOWN AND REEDSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 68 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 26.
INTERSTATE 79 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 160.
INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 6.
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 3977 8034 3986 7972 3977 7956 3951 7959
3945 7961 3924 7983 3925 7985 3929 7987
3930 7990 3944 7989 3945 7994 3940 8002
3939 8008 3941 8011 3939 8020 3943 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 321DEG 35KT 3968 8026 3970 7994 3977 7972
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
FRAZIER
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