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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1011 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
OHC053-087-WVC013-015-035-039-053-079-087-151615-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0021.260115T1511Z-260115T1615Z/
GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-CALHOUN WV-MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-
ROANE WV-CLAY WV-JACKSON WV-
1011 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EST.
* AT 1011 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIO GRANDE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF AMMA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 37.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 128.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO, KENNA, AMMA, WALLBACK, WATERLOO, HARMONY, TARIFF, SOUTHSIDE,
KENTUCK, LIBERTY, ASHTON, WALTON, GRIMMS LANDING, LEFT HAND, AND
LOONEYVILLE.
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 3865 8248 3850 8107 3872 8111 3873 8129
3868 8126 3879 8251
TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 317DEG 11KT 3879 8248 3867 8134
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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