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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1213 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
OHC009-053-105-167-WVC013-035-053-085-087-105-107-170445-
/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0026.260317T0413Z-260317T0445Z/
MEIGS OH-GALLIA OH-WASHINGTON OH-ATHENS OH-CALHOUN WV-RITCHIE WV-
MASON WV-WIRT WV-ROANE WV-JACKSON WV-WOOD WV-
1213 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
EAST CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.
* AT 1210 AM EDT, A LINE OF SNOW SQUALLS WERE LOCATED EXTENDING FROM
NEAR MINERALWELLS TO POINT PLEASANT, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...FLASH FREEZE ON ROADS. INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW.
GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING
VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 177.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22, AND NEAR
MILE MARKER 27.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG, BELPRE, POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIPLEY, HARRISVILLE,
POMEROY, ELIZABETH, RACINE, COOLVILLE, FORKED RUN STATE PARK,
RAVENSWOOD, NEW HAVEN, MASON, SANDYVILLE, MINERALWELLS, WASHINGTON,
NORTH BEND STATE PARK, TUPPERS PLAINS, AND LUBECK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY FREEZE. BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE ROADS,
BRIDGES, AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS. SLOW DOWN AND
BE PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN LOSS OF TRACTION.
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE SQUALLS. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3920 8087 3919 8086 3866 8171 3886 8224
3930 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 283DEG 33KT 3922 8152 3887 8210
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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