High Wind Warning

17 Jan 2012 05:26 #1 by jf1acai
High Wind Warning was created by jf1acai
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
413 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER
NORTHERN COLORADO BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS DURING THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
HIGHER EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.

COZ033>036-171900-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0001.120118T0700Z-120119T1900Z/
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
413 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE DIVIDE AND EXPOSED EAST SLOPES.

* IMPACTS...POWERFUL CROSSWINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVERS OF
LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING
TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. DRIVERS SHOULD ALSO ANTICIPATE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
CAUSING BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

&&

$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
413 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER
NORTHERN COLORADO BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK. THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS DURING THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
HIGHER EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS.

COZ038-039-171900-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0001.120118T0700Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
413 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG
CROSS WINDS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF
LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING
TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE
ROADWAYS SLOW DOWN AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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17 Jan 2012 12:39 #2 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
957 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY THE MOUNTAINS AND
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 URBAN
CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.AN ESPECIALLY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER
NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH AT
LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WILL BE
GREATEST IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE GUSTS
COULD EXCEED 90 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
PASSES...CREATING NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO DEVELOP
ALONG THE BASE OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...ALTHOUGH THE EXACT
TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN.


COZ033>036-180100-
/O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0001.120118T0700Z-120119T1900Z/
/O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0001.120118T0700Z-120119T1900Z/
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
957 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON MST
THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL WILL DEVELOP
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85
MPH ARE LIKELY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ON EAST SLOPES
OF THE FRONT RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER...
BOULDER...LOVELAND AND FORT COLLINS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH COUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD ANTICIPATE LENGTHY
DELAYS AND EVEN ROAD CLOSERS DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POWERFUL CROSS`S WINDS.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
OF COLORADO MAY WANT TO RESCHEDULE THEIR TRAVEL UNTIL LATER THIS
WEEK.

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
957 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY THE MOUNTAINS AND
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 URBAN
CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.AN ESPECIALLY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN WILL DEVELOP OVER
NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH AT
LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WILL BE
GREATEST IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE GUSTS
COULD EXCEED 90 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
PASSES...CREATING NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO DEVELOP
ALONG THE BASE OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...ALTHOUGH THE EXACT
TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN.


COZ038-039-180100-
/O.EXT.KBOU.HW.A.0001.120118T1000Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
957 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS IN
LARIMER...BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. THE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
DUST OR SNOW. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE ROADWAYS SLOW DOWN AND
REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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17 Jan 2012 15:35 #3 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
255 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING...

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THE BASE OF FOOTHILLS IN LARIMER...
BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WILL MIX DOWNWARD PRODUCING STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS AT TIMES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 85
MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN
GUSTS COULD EXCEED 100 MPH. THESE POWERFUL WINDS ARE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER
PASSES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD PRODUCE TREACHEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY CLOSE ROADWAYS. STRONG AND
GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR THE BASE OF THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS...HOWEVER THE EXACT TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS
REMAINS UNCERTAIN.

COZ033>036-180600-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.120118T0700Z-120119T1900Z/
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
255 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85
MPH ARE LIKELY UP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ON EAST
FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS
WEST OF DENVER...BOULDER...LOVELAND AND FORT COLLINS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH COUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD ANTICIPATE LENGTHY
DELAYS AND EVEN ROAD CLOSERS DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POWERFUL CROSS WINDS.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO
ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO MAY WANT TO RESCHEDULE UNTIL LATER THIS
WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
255 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING...

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THE BASE OF FOOTHILLS IN LARIMER...
BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER NORTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WILL MIX DOWNWARD PRODUCING STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS AT TIMES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 85
MPH...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN
GUSTS COULD EXCEED 100 MPH. THESE POWERFUL WINDS ARE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER
PASSES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD PRODUCE TREACHEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY CLOSE ROADWAYS. STRONG AND
GUSTY WEST WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR THE BASE OF THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS...HOWEVER THE EXACT TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS
REMAINS UNCERTAIN.

COZ038-039-180600-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0001.120118T1000Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
255 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS
IN LARIMER...BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THIS AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. THE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
DUST OR SNOW. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS
NEAR THE FOOTHILLS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDER AND
BOULDER...SLOW DOWN AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS
WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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17 Jan 2012 21:26 #4 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
857 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING...

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THE BASE OF FOOTHILLS IN LARIMER...
BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER NORTHERN COLORADO THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING WILL MIX DOWNWARD PRODUCING STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS AT TIMES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 85 MPH...
WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN GUSTS COULD
EXCEED 100 MPH. THESE POWERFUL WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD PRODUCE TREACHEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY CLOSE ROADWAYS. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST
WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR THE BASE OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...
HOWEVER THE EXACT TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS STILL REMAINS
UNCERTAIN.

COZ033>036-181200-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.120118T0700Z-120119T1900Z/
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
857 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 85
MPH ARE LIKELY UP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND ON EAST
FACING SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS
WEST OF DENVER...BOULDER...LOVELAND AND FORT COLLINS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH COUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD ANTICIPATE LENGTHY
DELAYS AND EVEN ROAD CLOSERS DUE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO POWERFUL CROSS WINDS.
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO
ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO MAY WANT TO RESCHEDULE UNTIL LATER THIS
WEEK.

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
857 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING...

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THE BASE OF FOOTHILLS IN LARIMER...
BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER NORTHERN COLORADO THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING WILL MIX DOWNWARD PRODUCING STRONG AND
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS AT TIMES IN MOUNTAIN AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 85 MPH...
WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN GUSTS COULD
EXCEED 100 MPH. THESE POWERFUL WINDS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUS WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER PASSES.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD PRODUCE TREACHEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY CLOSE ROADWAYS. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST
WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR THE BASE OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...
HOWEVER THE EXACT TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS STILL REMAINS
UNCERTAIN.

COZ038-039-181200-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.A.0001.120118T1000Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
857 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MST WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS
IN LARIMER...BOULDER AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THIS AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. THE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
DUST OR SNOW. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS
NEAR THE FOOTHILLS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDER AND
BOULDER...SLOW DOWN AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG
CROSS WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE ACTION SHOULD HIGH WINDS DEVELOP.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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18 Jan 2012 08:24 #5 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
246 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.
THE WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH AREAS AT THE BASE OF THE
FOOTHILLS AND MAY SPREAD EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS A SHORT
DISTANCE. AREAS FROM THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER NORTH TO FORT
COLLINS WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL
AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS SUCH
AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 120
MPH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND IN THE WINDIEST
FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS WEST OF GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND WEST OF FORT
COLLINS.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...AND
MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. MONITOR THE
LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING
VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE INTERSTATE 70
IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY
BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT THE BASE OF
THE FOOTHILLS.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. INITIALLY THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...BUT
THE SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS THE SNOW INCREASES.

COZ038-039-181900-
/O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0001.120118T1000Z-120119T1900Z/
/O.EXB.KBOU.HW.W.0001.120118T1500Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
246 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MST
THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL BE
COMMON IN AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH ARE
EXPECTED IN THE NORMALLY WINDIEST PLACES BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER AND AROUND CARTER LAKE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHTER
IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE FOOTHILLS...THOUGH PERIODS OF DAMAGING
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE ENOUGH TO BLOW OVER HIGH
PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS BY SECURING OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE
READY FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG CROSS WINDS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER
DELAYING TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING DUST OR SNOW. IF YOU
ARE DRIVING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS SUCH AS
HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDER AND BOULDER...SLOW DOWN AND REMAIN ALERT
FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
246 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.
THE WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH AREAS AT THE BASE OF THE
FOOTHILLS AND MAY SPREAD EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS A SHORT
DISTANCE. AREAS FROM THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER NORTH TO FORT
COLLINS WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL
AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS SUCH
AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 120
MPH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND IN THE WINDIEST
FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS WEST OF GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND WEST OF FORT
COLLINS.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...AND
MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. MONITOR THE
LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING
VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE INTERSTATE 70
IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY
BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT THE BASE OF
THE FOOTHILLS.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. INITIALLY THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...BUT
THE SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS THE SNOW INCREASES.

COZ033>036-181900-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
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
246 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL BE
COMMON ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
FRONT RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 120 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN THE NORMALLY WIND PRONE
PLACES IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF BOULDER AND GOLDEN AND WEST OF
FORT COLLINS.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...
POWER OUTAGES...AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT
VEHICLES. AS SNOW INCREASES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER PASSES
DIFFICULT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE STORM. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POWER OUTAGES. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID
TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW TIME FOR SLOWER TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AND CHANGING VISIBILITIES.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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18 Jan 2012 09:43 #6 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
936 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE A BIT MORE
ERRATIC AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. THE WINDS
SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND OCCASIONALLY REACH AREAS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS AND MAY SPREAD EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS
A SHORT DISTANCE. AREAS FROM THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER NORTH
TO FORT COLLINS WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE. GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 120 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND IN THE
WINDIEST FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS WEST OF GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND WEST
OF FORT COLLINS.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. MONITOR
THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. INITIALLY THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...BUT
THE SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS THE SNOW
INCREASES.

COZ033>036-190045-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
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
936 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL
BE COMMON ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
FRONT RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 120
MPH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN THE NORMALLY WIND
PRONE PLACES IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF BOULDER AND GOLDEN AND
WEST OF FORT COLLINS.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...
POWER OUTAGES...AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT
WEIGHT VEHICLES. AS SNOW INCREASES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER
PASSES DIFFICULT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE STORM. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POWER OUTAGES. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID
TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW TIME FOR SLOWER TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AND CHANGING VISIBILITIES.

&&

$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
936 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE A BIT MORE
ERRATIC AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING. THE WINDS
SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND OCCASIONALLY REACH AREAS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS AND MAY SPREAD EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS
A SHORT DISTANCE. AREAS FROM THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER NORTH
TO FORT COLLINS WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE. GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 120 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND IN THE
WINDIEST FOOTHILLS LOCATIONS WEST OF GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND WEST
OF FORT COLLINS.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES. MONITOR
THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. INITIALLY THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...BUT
THE SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AS THE SNOW
INCREASES.

COZ038-039-190045-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
936 AM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL BE
COMMON IN AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH ARE
EXPECTED IN THE NORMALLY WINDIEST PLACES BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER AND AROUND CARTER LAKE BY TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHTER IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE FOOTHILLS...THOUGH PERIODS OF
DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS ESPECIALLY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE ENOUGH TO BLOW OVER HIGH
PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS BY SECURING OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND
BE READY FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THIS AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG CROSS WINDS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER
DELAYING TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING DUST OR SNOW. IF YOU
ARE DRIVING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS SUCH
AS HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDER AND BOULDER...SLOW DOWN AND REMAIN
ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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18 Jan 2012 15:35 #7 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
303 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS AND INCREASE OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS BY
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGH WIND
WARNING IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL
BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING AS THE
SNOW DEVELOPS ALONG WITH THE CONTINUED WIND.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ038-039-190615-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
303 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL
BE COMMON IN AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH
ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORMALLY WINDIEST PLACES BETWEEN GOLDEN
AND BOULDER AND AROUND CARTER LAKE BY TONIGHT. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHTER IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE FOOTHILLS...THOUGH
PERIODS OF DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS
ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE ENOUGH TO BLOW OVER HIGH
PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THIS AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. THE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING DUST
OR SNOW. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDER AND BOULDER...SLOW
DOWN AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
303 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS AND INCREASE OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS BY
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGH WIND
WARNING IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL
BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING AS THE
SNOW DEVELOPS ALONG WITH THE CONTINUED WIND.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ035-036-190615-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
303 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL BE
COMMON ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
FRONT RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE
IN NORMALLY WIND PRONE PLACES IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF BOULDER
AND GOLDEN AND WEST OF FORT COLLINS.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...
POWER OUTAGES...AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT
WEIGHT VEHICLES. AS SNOW INCREASES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER
PASSES DIFFICULT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE STORM. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POWER OUTAGES. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID
TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW TIME FOR SLOWER TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AND CHANGING VISIBILITIES.

&&

$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
303 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS AND INCREASE OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS BY
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HIGH WIND
WARNING IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN WILL
BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING AS THE
SNOW DEVELOPS ALONG WITH THE CONTINUED WIND.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ033-034-190300-
/O.EXT.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T0300Z/
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-
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
303 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE REPLACED BY A BLIZZARD WARNING AS OF 8 PM
THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH WILL BE
COMMON ABOVE 10 THOUSAND FEET AND ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
FRONT RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS.

* IMPACTS...AS SNOW INCREASES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER PASSES
DIFFICULT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE STORM. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POWER OUTAGES. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID
TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW TIME FOR SLOWER TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AND CHANGING VISIBILITIES.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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18 Jan 2012 20:34 #8 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
808 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AS SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG
WITH THE CONTINUED WIND.

WIND GUSTS FROM 70 TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE
MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST
OF THE MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ038-039-191115-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
808 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH WILL BE
COMMON IN AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH ARE
EXPECTED IN THE NORMALLY WINDIEST PLACES BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER AND AROUND CARTER LAKE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHTER
IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE FOOTHILLS.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE ENOUGH TO BLOW OVER HIGH
PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL INTO THIS AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES. THE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING DUST
OR SNOW. IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDER AND BOULDER...SLOW
DOWN AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
808 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AS SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG
WITH THE CONTINUED WIND.

WIND GUSTS FROM 70 TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE
MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST
OF THE MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ035-036-191115-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
808 PM MST WED JAN 18 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 70 TO
90 MPH WILL BE COMMON ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT
RANGE...INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE IN
NORMALLY WIND PRONE PLACES IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF BOULDER AND
GOLDEN AND WEST OF FORT COLLINS.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...
POWER OUTAGES...AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT
WEIGHT VEHICLES. AS SNOW INCREASES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER
PASSES DIFFICULT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE STORM. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POWER OUTAGES. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID
TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW TIME FOR SLOWER TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AND CHANGING VISIBILITIES.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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19 Jan 2012 06:13 #9 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
257 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...HIGH WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS MORNING. WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 CAN BE EXPECTED IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS SUCH AS ROCKY
FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING STRONG WINDS. AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS 93
AND 287 AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ038-039-191900-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...
NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
257 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE
STILL POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. THE WIND WILL BE STRONGEST
BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND AROUND CARTER LAKE. THE WIND IS
EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO TREES AND BUILDINGS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE ENOUGH TO BLOW OVER HIGH
PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...IF YOU ARE DRIVING ON THE NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDER AND BOULDER...SLOW
DOWN AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN AND STRONG CROSS WINDS. DRIVERS
OF LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING
TRAVEL OR USE ALTERNATE ROUTES.

&&

$$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
257 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...HIGH WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS MORNING. WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 75 CAN BE EXPECTED IN WIND PRONE MOUNTAIN AND
FOOTHILL AREAS...AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS SUCH AS ROCKY
FLATS...BOULDER...AND CARTER LAKE.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...POWER OUTAGES...
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING STRONG WINDS. AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES...THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...AND HIGHWAYS 93
AND 287 AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.

COZ035-036-191900-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
257 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING BUT THEY
WILL DECREASE IN MAGNITUDE LATER THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING TO AROUND
80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...
POWER OUTAGES...AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT
WEIGHT VEHICLES. AS SNOW INCREASES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER
PASSES DIFFICULT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE STORM. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POWER OUTAGES. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID
TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING STRONG WINDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW TIME FOR SLOWER TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AND CHANGING VISIBILITIES.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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19 Jan 2012 10:11 #10 by jf1acai
Replied by jf1acai on topic High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
912 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...STRONG WINDS DECREASING OVER THE LOWER FOOTHILLS THIS
MORNING...

.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING
OVER THE FOOTHILLS. AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS...THE WINDS HAVE
DECREASED BELOW 45 MPH IN MOST LOCATIONS. THERE WILL STILL BE
SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO 75 MPH OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS
AND HIGHER FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING.

COZ035-036-191900-
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/
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...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
912 AM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...

* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING BUT THEY
WILL DECREASE IN MAGNITUDE LATER THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING TO AROUND
75 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES...
POWER OUTAGES...AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT
WEIGHT VEHICLES. AS SNOW INCREASES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER
PASSES DIFFICULT...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT THE
HEIGHT OF THE STORM. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BE PREPARED FOR
POWER OUTAGES. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID
TRAVEL IN AREAS EXPERIENCING STRONG WINDS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
ALLOW TIME FOR SLOWER TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND
BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS AND CHANGING VISIBILITIES.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again - Jeanne Pincha-Tulley

Comprehensive is Latin for there is lots of bad stuff in it - Trey Gowdy

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