803  
WWUS71 KRLX 010451  
NPWRLX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
1151 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2026  
 
WVZ523-526-011300-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.CW.Y.0009.260201T1800Z-260202T1600Z/  
/O.CON.KRLX.EC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260201T1800Z/  
NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HARMAN AND SNOWSHOE  
1151 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2026  
   
..EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY  
 
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM EST  
MONDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE EXTREME COLD WARNING, DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS  
AS LOW AS 27 BELOW. FOR THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, VERY COLD WIND  
CHILLS AS LOW AS 18 BELOW EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS AND SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE EXTREME COLD WARNING, UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY. FOR  
THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM EST MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA MAY OCCUR IF UNPROTECTED SKIN  
IS EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING  
TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE RUPTURED WATER PIPES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX  
AS WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 
 
 
 
 
WVZ520-522-524-011300-  
/O.CON.KRLX.EC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260201T1800Z/  
SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-SOUTHEAST WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RICHWOOD AND MARLINTON  
1151 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2026  
   
..EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY  
 
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS, SOUTHEAST WEBSTER, AND SOUTHEAST  
NICHOLAS COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO  
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.  
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IF UNPROTECTED SKIN IS  
EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX  
AS WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 
 
 
 
 
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-  
013>020-024>034-039-040-515>519-521-525-011300-  
/O.CON.KRLX.CW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260201T1600Z/  
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-  
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-  
WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-  
KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-  
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR-  
BARBOUR-NORTHWEST RALEIGH-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH-NORTHWEST FAYETTE-  
SOUTHEAST FAYETTE-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS-NORTHWEST WEBSTER-NORTHWEST  
RANDOLPH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHARLESTON, FAYETTEVILLE, SOPHIA,  
CHAPMANVILLE, PENNSBORO, WAYNE, WILLIAMSON, GRAYSON LAKE STATE  
PARK, GLENVILLE, MEADOW BRIDGE, PARKERSBURG, JACKSON, COWEN,  
GRUNDY, BURNSVILLE, GRAYSON, HAMLIN, PHILIPPI, BELINGTON,  
HUNTINGTON, PROSPERITY, CRAIGSVILLE, RAVENSWOOD, SAINT ALBANS,  
IRONTON, STOCKPORT, LOGAN, CLAY, RUSSELL, POMEROY, CLINTWOOD,  
SUTTON, MCCONNELSVILLE, MCARTHUR, BRADLEY, HURRICANE, WELCH,  
KENOVA, CROOKSVILLE, GARY, BIRCH RIVER, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK,  
ELKINS, CEREDO, SUMMERSVILLE, OCEANA, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK,  
POINT PLEASANT, NEW HAVEN, MIDDLEBOURNE, GALLIPOLIS, PINEVILLE,  
OLIVE HILL, BELPRE, VANSANT, SOMERSET, GRANTSVILLE, SISTERSVILLE,  
RACELAND, GRAFTON, TEAYS VALLEY, RIPLEY, FLATWOODS, NEW  
LEXINGTON, WEST UNION, OAK HILL, MADISON, ATHENS, SOUTH  
CHARLESTON, WELLSTON, BRIDGEPORT, BUCKHANNON, WAR, ALUM CREEK,  
MONTGOMERY, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK, BELMONT, PADEN CITY,  
CANNONSBURG, HURLEY, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, LOUISA, ST. MARYS,  
MULLENS, LAKE VESUVIUS, ELIZABETH, VIENNA, DAVENPORT, MARIETTA,  
SOUTH POINT, WEBSTER SPRINGS, HARTS, HAMDEN, BECKLEY, GASSAWAY,  
MAN, HARRISVILLE, WESTON, SPENCER, CLARKSBURG, AND ASHLAND  
1151 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2026  
   
..COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY  
 
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, SOUTHEAST OHIO, SOUTHWEST  
VIRGINIA, AND CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, NORTHERN, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHERN,  
AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...THE COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO COULD  
RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FROSTBITE AND  
HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IF UNPROTECTED SKIN IS EXPOSED TO THESE  
TEMPERATURES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
KEEP PETS INDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX  
AS WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 
 
 
 
 
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