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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
OHC053-WVC007-011-015-035-039-053-067-079-087-101-151700-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0022.260115T1600Z-260115T1700Z/
GALLIA OH-MASON WV-CABELL WV-NICHOLAS WV-PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-
BRAXTON WV-ROANE WV-WEBSTER WV-CLAY WV-JACKSON WV-
1100 AM EST THU JAN 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL NOON EST.
* AT 1059 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF PROCTORVILLE TO BIG OTTER TO 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRCH RIVER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 8 AND 47.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 120.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 44.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 66.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINFIELD, CLAY, SISSONVILLE, ELEANOR, BUFFALO, CLENDENIN, POCA, BIRCH
RIVER, BIG OTTER, AMMA, WALLBACK, TEAYS VALLEY, ELKVIEW, CROSS LANES,
HARRISON, BANCROFT, CROWN CITY, NEBO, PROCIOUS, AND LIBERTY.
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 3863 8231 3859 8108 3863 8110 3862 8108
3864 8106 3859 8070 3840 8058 3846 8230
3858 8229 3858 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 304DEG 16KT 3864 8234 3858 8102 3857 8093
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
25
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