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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
635 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025
OHZ085-WVZ007>009-014>019-028-029-220030-
MEIGS-CALHOUN-JACKSON-ROANE-WIRT-RITCHIE-MASON-KANAWHA-WOOD-GILMER-
BRAXTON-PUTNAM-
635 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025
..SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS...CALHOUN
NORTHEASTERN MASON...RITCHIE...PUTNAM...NORTHERN KANAWHA...GILMER...
NORTHWESTERN BRAXTON...WIRT...ROANE...JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN WOOD
COUNTIES...
AT 632 PM EST, A SERIES OF SNOW SQUALLS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WINFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NITRO, RIPLEY, SPENCER, WINFIELD, HARRISVILLE, GLENVILLE, ELIZABETH,
GRANTSVILLE, HURRICANE, RAVENSWOOD, SISSONVILLE, ELEANOR, BUFFALO,
CLENDENIN, PENNSBORO, POCA, SANDYVILLE, ARNOLDSBURG, KENNA, AND CEDAR
CREEK STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 32.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 163.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 44.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 28, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 44.
VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN
THESE SQUALLS.
USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THESE SNOW
SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS ARE
LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.
ICY ROADS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SNOW MELTS ON THE ROADS THEN QUICKLY
REFREEZES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND
ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING.
LAT...LON 3892 8065 3848 8128 3842 8204 3894 8194
3934 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 267DEG 18KT 3861 8178
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