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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
745 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
OHC053-079-105-163-WVC035-039-053-079-087-151345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0016.260115T1245Z-260115T1345Z/
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-VINTON OH-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-
KANAWHA WV-ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-
745 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 845 AM EST.
* AT 744 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR JACKSON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO TO NEAR
AMMA, AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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 INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 28.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 141.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON, WELLSTON, POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIPLEY, WINFIELD, OAK
HILL, RIO GRANDE, SISSONVILLE, ELEANOR, BUFFALO, CLENDENIN, KENNA,
ELKVIEW, AMMA, PINCH, GALLIA, MIDDLEPORT, BANCROFT, AND COALTON.
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 3917 8279 3917 8277 3921 8276 3883 8160
3871 8149 3866 8124 3857 8121 3839 8152
3858 8207 3883 8258 3884 8258 3885 8261
3891 8276 3894 8276 3895 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 018DEG 2KT 3902 8269 3869 8203 3854 8132
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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