Snow Squall Warning, West Virginia
SevereIntense bursts of heavy snow, gusts up to 35 mph. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Ended Thursday, January 1, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
Places in this warning
- Huntington
- Teays Valley
- St. Albans
- Cross Lanes
- Hurricane
- Nitro
- Pea Ridge
- Barboursville
- Sissonville
- Kenova
- Culloden
- Milton
- Winfield
- Spencer
- Eleanor
- Ceredo
- Lesage
- Buffalo
- Elkview
- Lavalette
- Poca
- Sutton
- Clendenin
- Gassaway
- Big Chimney
- Hometown
- Jefferson
- Burnsville
- Bancroft
- Salt Rock
- Raymond City
- Flatwoods
- Apple Grove
- Sand Fork
- Leon
How much
- Wind gusts
- Up to 35 mph Blowing snow on open roads
Map
- This warning
- Area drawn by the weather service
- Interstates
- US highways
- Moving southeast at 28 mph
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and visibility rapidly falling to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts up to 35 mph.
- Squall now
- At 4:16 in the morning, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from near Lake Vesuvius to 7 miles south of Audra State Park, moving southeast at 25 mph.
- Where
- Lawrence County (Ohio), Southern Gallia County (Ohio), Southern Calhoun County (West Virginia), Putnam County (West Virginia), Northern Kanawha County (West Virginia), Roane County (West Virginia), Northern Wayne County (West Virginia), Southern Jackson County (West Virginia), Southern Mason County (West Virginia), Cabell County (West Virginia), Southern Gilmer County (West Virginia), Southern Lewis County (West Virginia), Braxton County (West Virginia), Northern Clay County (West Virginia).
- When
- Until 4:45 in the morning.
- Impacts
- Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
- Highways
- Interstate 79 between mile markers 4 and 88. Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 106 and 137. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 50. Route 19 between mile markers 64 and 68.
- Places named
- Charleston, Huntington, Ashland, Ironton, Nitro, Ripley, Spencer, Winfield, Coal Grove, Sutton, Chesapeake, Proctorville, Beech Fork State Park, Lake Vesuvius, Jefferson, St. Albans, Dunbar, Hurricane, Barboursville, and Kenova.
- Seen by
- Radar and webcams.
Updates
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Snow Squall Warning issued until Thursday, 4:45 in the morning. January 1, 2026