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Snow Squall Warning, Pennsylvania

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility to less than one-quarter mile. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Thursday, January 1, 2026.

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Map

Map of Pennsylvania with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Pennsylvania. The weather service drew the area; it is moving southeast at 28 mph. Moving southeast at 28 mphI-68US 40US 50WEST VIRGINIAMARYLANDPENNSYLVANIA10 mi Moving southeast at 28 mphI-68US 40US 50WEST VIRGINIAPENNSYLVANIA10 mi I-79US 40US 50WEST VIRGINIAPENNSYLVANIA20 mi I-79US 40WEST VIRGINIAPENNSYLVANIA20 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • Interstates
  • US highways
  • Moving southeast at 28 mph
Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What
Intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts greater than 35 mph.
Squall now
At 2:14 in the morning, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line from near Uniontown to 6 miles southwest of New Martinsville, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Where
Southwestern Fayette County (Pennsylvania), Southeastern Greene County (Pennsylvania), Marion County (West Virginia), Monongalia County (West Virginia), Northeastern Wetzel County (West Virginia).
When
Until 3 in the morning.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes. * Locations impacted include... Morgantown, Fairmont, Uniontown, Westover, Mannington, Star City, Masontown, Pleasant Valley, Winfield, Barrackville, Point Marion, Monongah, Granville, Fairview, Hundred, Cassville, Brookhaven, Fairchance, Rivesville and Smithfield.
Highways
Interstate 68 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 11. Interstate 79 in West Virginia between mile markers 130 and 160. Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 7.
Seen by
Doppler radar and webcams.

Updates

  1. Cancelled by the National Weather Service. January 1, 2026
  2. Snow Squall Warning issued until Thursday, 3 in the morning. January 1, 2026