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Snow Squall Warning 19, NWS Charleston, WV

January 15, 20267 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this snow squall warning at Jan 15, 2026, 9:10 AM EST for 7 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2026, 9:10 AM EST (14:10 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2026, 10:15 AM EST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Roane County, WV, Webster County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow squall warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow squall warning went out at Jan 15, 7:24 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 7:24 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 15, 8:26 AM EST, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 15, 8:35 AM EST, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 15, 8:44 AM EST, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 15, 8:50 AM EST, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 15, 8:58 AM EST, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 15, 9:10 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 14, 11:34 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Boone, Kanawha, Raleigh, Wyoming	41 min
Jan 14, 11:52 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh	38 min
Jan 15, 5:54 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	51 min
Jan 15, 6:46 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	59 min
Jan 15, 7:11 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane and 1 more	64 min
Jan 15, 7:45 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	60 min
Jan 15, 8:14 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Roane, Webster	61 min
Jan 15, 8:45 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam, Roane	60 min
Jan 15, 9:38 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Jackson, Mason, Roane	67 min
Jan 15, 10:11 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Putnam and 1 more	64 min
Jan 15, 11:00 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason and 4 more	60 min
Jan 15, 11:50 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Braxton, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha, Mason, Nicholas and 3 more	55 min
Jan 15, 12:31 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	RLX	Clay, Kanawha, Nicholas, Putnam, Roane, Webster	59 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in West Virginia, 2026 Every snow squall warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.