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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1152 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026
WVC005-019-039-081-150530-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0012.260115T0452Z-260115T0530Z/
KANAWHA WV-RALEIGH WV-FAYETTE WV-BOONE WV-
1152 PM EST WED JAN 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EST.
* AT 1151 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DRY CREEK, OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BECKLEY, MOVING
EAST AT 25 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...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 85.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 137.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 26.
THIS SNOW SQUALL WILL BE NEAR...
BECKLEY, MABSCOTT, BRADLEY, PROSPERITY, MACARTHUR, AND DRY CREEK
AROUND 1155 PM EST.
MOUNT HOPE, SOPHIA, PINEY VIEW, CRAB ORCHARD, AND STANAFORD AROUND
1200 AM EST.
BEAVER AROUND 1205 AM EST.
DANIELS AROUND 1210 AM EST.
SHADY SPRING AROUND 1215 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SNOW SQUALL INCLUDE THURMOND,
LEEWOOD, DAWES, PAX, MEADOW BRIDGE, SHARON, ARNETT, ESKDALE, DOROTHY,
AND LESTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3777 8141 3821 8155 3811 8088 3808 8090
3806 8087 3806 8080 3804 8083 3798 8077
3795 8081 3787 8075 3787 8081 3782 8094
3777 8089 3774 8092 3768 8088 3767 8090
3771 8098 3764 8107 3761 8107 3758 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 283DEG 23KT 3785 8138
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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