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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
905 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
WVC007-013-015-019-021-039-067-087-111445-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0009.260111T1405Z-260111T1445Z/
CALHOUN WV-NICHOLAS WV-KANAWHA WV-GILMER WV-BRAXTON WV-ROANE WV-
CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-
905 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST.
* AT 905 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARNOLDSBURG TO NEAR AMMA TO NEAR CHARLESTON,
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 77.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 105.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 NEAR MILE MARKER 80.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 68.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, SUTTON, CLAY, SOUTH CHARLESTON, CLENDENIN, GASSAWAY,
SMITHERS, PINCH, GLEN, COAL FORK, ELKVIEW, BIRCH RIVER, ARNOLDSBURG,
BIG OTTER, AMMA, WALLBACK, HARRISON, FLATWOODS, SHOCK, AND NEBO.
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 3846 8074 3816 8125 3836 8169 3861 8132
3889 8105 3882 8048 3880 8048 3879 8046
3878 8046 3877 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 287DEG 32KT 3882 8104 3859 8125 3838 8161
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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