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Snow Squall Warning, Pennsylvania

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Sunday, January 11, 2026.

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Places in this warning

Map

Map of Pennsylvania with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Somerset, Windber, Portage. The weather service drew the area; it is moving east at 30 mph. Moving east at 30 mphI-68I-76I-376I-99I-79SomersetWindberPortageMeyersdaleWEST VIRGINIAMARYLANDPENNSYLVANIA20 mi I-68I-76I-376I-99SomersetWindberPortageMeyersdaleMARYLANDPENNSYLVANIA25 mi I-68I-99I-80SomersetWindberPortageMARYLANDPENNSYLVANIA25 mi I-99I-80SomersetWindberMARYLANDPENNSYLVANIA50 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • Interstates
  • US highways
  • Moving east at 30 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. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility. Wind gusts greater than 35 mph.
Squall now
At 11:09 in the morning, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from South Philipsburg to Meyersdale, moving east at 25 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Highways
The Pennsylvania Turnpike from mile markers 109 to 130.
Places named
Somerset, Windber, Belmont, Portage, Philipsburg, Geistown, Meyersdale, Berlin, Cresson, Gallitzin, Friedens, and Loretto.
Seen by
Radar indicated.

Updates

  1. Allowed to end on time. January 11, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 11, 2026
  3. Snow Squall Warning issued until Sunday, 11:30 in the morning. January 11, 2026