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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
832 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
WVC005-013-021-035-039-043-079-087-105-111415-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0008.260111T1332Z-260111T1415Z/
CALHOUN WV-PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-GILMER WV-LINCOLN WV-WIRT WV-
ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-BOONE WV-
832 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 915 AM EST.
* AT 832 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER TO NEAR KENNA TO NEAR
TEAYS VALLEY, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 32.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 128.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 80.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, NITRO, SPENCER, WINFIELD, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON,
ST. ALBANS, DUNBAR, SISSONVILLE, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, BELLE,
CLENDENIN, POCA, PINCH, INSTITUTE, TORNADO, COAL FORK, ELKVIEW, AND
CROSS LANES.
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 SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3867 8169 3894 8140 3888 8091 3865 8107
3847 8128 3845 8128 3815 8158 3837 8207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 268DEG 31KT 3887 8144 3867 8161 3843 8196
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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