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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
554 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
OHC053-WVC035-039-053-079-087-151145-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0013.260115T1054Z-260115T1145Z/
GALLIA OH-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-
554 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 645 AM EST.
* AT 553 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
POINT PLEASANT, 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 INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109
AND 142.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIPLEY, SPENCER, SISSONVILLE, BUFFALO,
KENNA, HENDERSON, LEON, MOUNT ALTO, STATTS MILLS, HARMONY, GIVEN,
SOUTHSIDE, KENTUCK, LIBERTY, COTTAGEVILLE, GRIMMS LANDING, GALLOPOLIS
FERRY, AND EVANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS MAY RESULT FROM PEOPLE EXITING THEIR
VEHICLES DURING A SNOW SQUALL. DRIVERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOU OR
STOP! IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR PULLED TO THE SIDE
OF THE ROADWAY, QUICKLY EXIT YOUR VEHICLE AND MOVE AS FAR AWAY FROM
THE ROADWAY AS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. DO NOT STAND
ALONG OR NEAR THE ROADWAY, SINCE APPROACHING VEHICLES MAY BE UNABLE
TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
LAT...LON 3887 8223 3888 8179 3886 8134 3844 8162
3873 8230
TIME...MOT...LOC 1053Z 287DEG 30KT 3882 8201
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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