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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
845 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
OHC053-079-105-163-WVC035-039-053-079-087-151445-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0018.260115T1345Z-260115T1445Z/
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-VINTON OH-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-
KANAWHA WV-ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-
845 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST.
* AT 845 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR JACKSON TO NEAR RIPLEY TO NEAR SISSONVILLE TO
NEAR CLENDENIN, 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 7 AND 28.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 146.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON, WELLSTON, POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIPLEY, SPENCER, OAK
HILL, RIO GRANDE, RACINE, RAVENSWOOD, SISSONVILLE, NEW HAVEN,
CLENDENIN, SANDYVILLE, ELKVIEW, KENNA, AMMA, PINCH, MIDDLEPORT, AND
HARTFORD CITY.
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 3895 8275 3871 8193 3859 8187 3848 8168
3841 8148 3857 8121 3863 8123 3883 8134
3891 8161 3913 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 329DEG 3KT 3902 8271 3878 8164 3858 8161 3852
8132
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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