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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1111 PM EST SUN FEB 16 2025
WVC039-079-170445-
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PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-
1111 PM EST SUN FEB 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EST.
* AT 1110 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ELKVIEW TO NEAR TEAYS VALLEY, MOVING EAST AT 30 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...TRAINED SPOTTER.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 110.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 35, AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 57.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 80.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, CROSS LANES, PINCH, JEFFERSON, NITRO, INSTITUTE, ST.
ALBANS, SOUTH CHARLESTON, DUNBAR, COAL FORK, HURRICANE, ELKVIEW,
TEAYS VALLEY, TORNADO, AND POCA.
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.
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD
TO ACCIDENTS.
LAT...LON 3847 8144 3842 8127 3831 8124 3829 8175
3844 8206 3845 8205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 292DEG 24KT 3844 8145 3843 8197
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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