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Extreme Cold Watch, West Virginia

Severe

Wind chills as low as 20 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

Ended Friday, January 30, 2026.

Replaced by the Extreme Cold Warning on Friday, January 30, 2:30 in the afternoon.

Issued
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Updated

Places in this watch

How much

Wind chill
As low as 20 below zero

Map

Map of West Virginia with this watch The Extreme Cold Watch covers Bluefield, Princeton, Lewisburg. I-64I-81I-581US 11US 460BluefieldPrincetonLewisburgHintonWEST VIRGINIAVIRGINIA20 mi I-64I-81I-581US 460BluefieldPrincetonLewisburgHintonWEST VIRGINIAVIRGINIA20 mi I-64I-81I-581BluefieldLewisburgWEST VIRGINIAVIRGINIA20 mi I-64I-81PrincetonLewisburgWEST VIRGINIA50 mi
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Details from the National Weather Service

What
Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below possible.
Where
Portions of northwest North Carolina, southwest and west central Virginia, and southeast West Virginia.
When
From Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon.
Impacts
The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

Updates

  1. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 30, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 29, 2026
  3. Extreme Cold Watch issued for Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. January 29, 2026