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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
444 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
OHC053-087-WVC007-011-013-015-021-035-039-041-043-053-067-079-087-
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/O.NEW.KRLX.SQ.W.0006.260101T0944Z-260101T1015Z/
LAWRENCE OH-GALLIA OH-CALHOUN WV-PUTNAM WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-
ROANE WV-WAYNE WV-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-CABELL WV-NICHOLAS WV-
GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-BRAXTON WV-CLAY WV-
444 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTH CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 515 AM EST.
* AT 442 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CATLETTSBURG TO 6 MILES WEST OF DAILEY, MOVING
SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 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 1 AND 76.
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 127.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 95.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 80.
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 68.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, HUNTINGTON, ASHLAND, IRONTON, NITRO, WINFIELD, COAL
GROVE, WAYNE, HAMLIN, SUTTON, CHESAPEAKE, PROCTORVILLE, CLAY, BEECH
FORK STATE PARK, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, ST. ALBANS, DUNBAR,
HURRICANE, AND BARBOURSVILLE.
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 3885 8039 3873 8040 3873 8046 3850 8068
3843 8064 3814 8262 3826 8257 3843 8259
3859 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 344DEG 20KT 3846 8255 3882 8001
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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