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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1017 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
WVC007-015-041-067-083-087-097-101-170245-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0025.260317T0217Z-260317T0245Z/
RANDOLPH WV-NICHOLAS WV-LEWIS WV-BRAXTON WV-UPSHUR WV-ROANE WV-
WEBSTER WV-CLAY WV-
1017 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 1017 PM EDT, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROCK CAVE TO NEAR SUTTON TO NEAR AMMA, MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 61.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 68.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUTTON, WEBSTER SPRINGS, ADDISON (WEBSTER SPRINGS), MILL CREEK,
DAILEY, BIRCH RIVER, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, BIG OTTER, WALLBACK,
AMMA, HARRISON, BEVERLY, HUTTONSVILLE, ALEXANDER, EDEN, HELVETIA,
PICKENS, CLEVELAND, WANETA, AND BOGGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3886 7978 3848 8022 3843 8082 3859 8144
3866 8071 3883 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 271DEG 29KT 3879 8044 3866 8065 3860 8129
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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