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Snow Squall Warning, West Virginia

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Monday, January 19, 2026.

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Places in this warning

Map

Map of West Virginia with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Wheeling, Weirton, Follansbee. The weather service drew the area; it is moving east at 23 mph. Moving east at 23 mphI-376I-79I-77US 40WheelingWeirtonFollansbeeBethlehemHooverson HeightsOHIOWEST VIRGINIAPENNSYLVANIA20 mi I-376I-76I-79I-77WheelingWeirtonFollansbeeBethlehemOHIOPENNSYLVANIA20 mi I-76I-279US 40WheelingWeirtonFollansbeeOHIOPENNSYLVANIA20 mi I-76US 40WheelingWeirtonOHIOPENNSYLVANIA25 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • Interstates
  • US highways
  • Moving east at 23 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. Wind gusts greater than 35 mph.
Squall now
At 11:31 in the morning, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line from over Homestead to near Bethlehem, or along a line from near Pittsburgh to near Bethlehem, moving east at 25 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Places named
Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Ross Township, Wheeling, McCandless Township, Monroeville, Moon Township, McMurray, Weirton, McKeesport, Steubenville, Washington, Franklin Park, Aliquippa, Moundsville, Canonsburg, Martins Ferry and St. Clairsville.
Seen by
Doppler radar and webcams.

Updates

  1. Allowed to end on time. January 19, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 19, 2026
  3. Snow Squall Warning issued until Monday, noon. January 19, 2026