High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1032 AM MST WED DEC 28 2011

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW
ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS
WILDERNESS AREA DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER
COUNTIES.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
1032 AM MST WED DEC 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM
MST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST
THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
EVENING...WITH THE PEAK PERIOD FOR HIGH WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
EASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 80 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS
SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND
BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE
WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL
WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
411 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW
ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS
WILDERNESS AREA DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER
COUNTIES.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
411 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM MST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
EVENING...WITH THE PEAK PERIOD FOR HIGH WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY EASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 80 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS
SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND
BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE
WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER
TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
858 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...

.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW
ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS
WILDERNESS AREA DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER
COUNTIES.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
858 PM MST WED DEC 28 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER
MIDNIGHT...WITH THE PEAK PERIOD FOR HIGH WINDS LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY EASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 80 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS
SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND
BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE
WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER
TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
346 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...

.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW
ALOFT WILL BRING A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM ROCKY
MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND THE INDIAN PEAKS WILDERNESS AREA DOWN
INTO THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...
WILLOW CREEK PASS...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...
ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
346 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SOME RELAXATION IN THE HIGHER
GUSTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS
SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND
BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE
WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER
TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
912 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS...

.A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH STRONG FLOW
ALOFT HAS BROUGHT A ROUND OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE.
THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH A
GRADUAL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

PEAK WIND GUSTS SO FAR INCLUDE...

79 MPH AT THE NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY NEAR ROCKY FLATS...
71 MPH AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 72 AND 93...
70 MPH AT THE NCAR MESA LAB JUST SOUTH OF BOULDER...
68 MPH AT NATURAL FORT REST AREA ALONG I-25 JUST SOUTH OF THE
WYOMING BORDER...AND
64 MPH AT BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

NUMEROUS TREES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN
ESTES PARK AND PINEWOOD SPRINGS.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
912 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
DAY...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS
SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND
BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE
WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER
TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
224 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE NORTHERN COLORADO BORDER...

.WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 TO 70 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER THE FAR
NORTHEAST PARTS OF COLORADO.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
224 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...
AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS
SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND
BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE
WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER
TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
303 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WINDS WILL EASE THIS EVENING BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG
WINDS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET
THIS EVENING AS ONE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
HOWEVER...THE NEXT FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING
MORE STRONG WINDS BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE STRONGER
WINDS ARE FIRST EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS
THE PLAINS SATURDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
303 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDOWN AND THEN
GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST ABOVE 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADS
SUCH AS THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND
BLACKHAWK...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE
WYOMING. INTERSTATE 70 FROM GEORGETOWN TO THE EISENHOWER
TUNNEL WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.