Winter Storm Watch, West Virginia
SevereIs also possible of ice. Travel could be very difficult to impossible.
Ended Friday, January 23, 2026.
Replaced by the Winter Storm Warning on Friday, January 23, 10:03 in the morning.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this watch
- Martinsburg
- Charles Town
- Ranson
- Keyser
- Shannondale
- Inwood
- Moorefield
- Petersburg
- Romney
- Shepherdstown
- Falling Waters
- Fort Ashby
- Bolivar
- Wiley Ford
- Carpendale
- Bath (Berkeley Springs)
- Piedmont
- Shenandoah Junction
- Ridgeley
- Franklin
- Middleway
- Springfield
- Capon Bridge
- Paw Paw
- Great Cacapon
- Hedgesville
- Harpers Ferry
- Wardensville
- Green Spring
- Elk Garden
- Bayard
- Brandywine
- Burlington
How much
- Ice across the area
- Is also possible
Map
- This watch
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Heavy snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain possible. There is a high likelihood of at least 5 inches of snow, with over 10 inches possible. Ice accumulation is also possible, especially south of Interstate 70.
- Where
- Portions of central, north central, and northern Maryland, central, northern, northwest, and western Virginia, and eastern and panhandle West Virginia.
- When
- From Saturday afternoon through late Sunday night.
- Impacts
- Travel could be very difficult to impossible.
- Additional details
- Snow will likely overspread the area by Saturday evening, becoming heavy at times Saturday night with rates of one to two inches per hour possible at times. A mix with sleet or freezing rain is possible Sunday, especially south of Interstate 70. Significant icing is possible especially across central Virginia. Visibility of one-quarter mile or less is possible at times. A prolonged period wind chills in the teens and single digits is likely beginning this evening and lasting through the middle of next week, with sub-zero wind chills possible at times.
Updates
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Winter Storm Watch issued for Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon. January 22, 2026