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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
959 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
WVC007-015-021-041-067-075-083-097-101-111530-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0010.260111T1459Z-260111T1530Z/
RANDOLPH WV-POCAHONTAS WV-NICHOLAS WV-GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-BRAXTON WV-
UPSHUR WV-WEBSTER WV-CLAY WV-
959 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST.
* AT 959 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM STONEWALL JACKSON TO NEAR SUTTON TO NEAR GLEN,
MOVING EAST AT 35 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...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 97.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 68.
ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 4.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE, RICHWOOD, MARLINTON, SUTTON, CLAY, GREENBANK, WEBSTER
SPRINGS, CASS SCENIC RAILROAD, GASSAWAY, ADDISON (WEBSTER SPRINGS),
MILL CREEK, CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, SNOWSHOE, DAILEY, BIRCH RIVER, HOLLY
RIVER STATE PARK, STONEWALL JACKSON, CRAIGSVILLE, CAMDEN ON GAULEY,
AND ROCK CAVE.
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 3866 7959 3866 7963 3862 7962 3830 7982
3804 8026 3811 8036 3823 8036 3827 8044
3810 8067 3842 8127 3870 8089 3904 8053
3878 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 284DEG 46KT 3899 8047 3864 8071 3838 8114
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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