983  
WWUS41 KRLX 041634  
WSWRLX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
1134 AM EST WED FEB 4 2026  
 
WVZ039-040-519>523-525-526-050045-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.WS.A.0003.260206T1500Z-260207T1200Z/  
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS-SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-NORTHWEST  
WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST WEBSTER-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH-  
SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, SNOWSHOE, HARMAN,  
SUMMERSVILLE, PHILIPPI, BELINGTON, COWEN, BUCKHANNON, WEBSTER  
SPRINGS, RICHWOOD, ELKINS, BIRCH RIVER, AND CRAIGSVILLE  
1134 AM EST WED FEB 4 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES  
POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST, NORTHERN, AND SOUTHEAST WEST  
VIRGINIA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS  
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES, AND LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS  
IN VISIBILITY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
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AS WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 
 
 
 
 
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