Weather Alert
Highland County, VA
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 1/27/26 12:01 AM
End: 1/27/26 7:36 AM
Dur: 07:35
Canceled 1/27/26 7:36 AM

Extreme Cold Warning issued January 27 at 12:01AM EST until January 27 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC

* WHAT...
For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 below. For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 15 to 18 below zero expected.

* WHERE...
In Virginia, Eastern Highland County. In West Virginia, Eastern Pendleton County.

* WHEN...
For the Extreme Cold Warning, until 11 AM EST Tuesday. For the Cold Weather Advisory, from 7 PM Tuesday to 11 AM EST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...
The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
Additional Cold Weather Headlines are expected at times through the end of the week as the region remains in an Arctic Airmass.



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