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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
938 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
OHC053-079-087-105-WVC035-053-087-151545-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0020.260115T1438Z-260115T1545Z/
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-LAWRENCE OH-MASON WV-ROANE WV-
JACKSON WV-
938 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EST.
* AT 938 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAK HILL TO NEAR SPENCER, MOVING SOUTH AT 5
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 INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 NEAR MILE MARKER 29.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 142.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIPLEY, SPENCER, OAK HILL, RIO GRANDE,
KENNA, GALLIA, HENDERSON, LEON, ADAMSVILLE, STATTS MILLS, GIVEN,
KENTUCK, COTTAGEVILLE, LEFT HAND, GALLOPOLIS FERRY, FAIRPLAIN, MOUNT
ALTO, AND HARMONY.
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 3894 8267 3890 8181 3881 8133 3858 8121
3866 8173 3868 8175 3868 8180 3881 8265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 354DEG 5KT 3891 8264 3872 8135
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
25
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