High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
238 PM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...MORE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...

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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
238 PM MST THU JAN 19 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
MST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM MST
FRIDAY.

* TIMING...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATER THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ON FRIDAY. THE WINDS
WILL DECREASE BY NOON ON FRIDAY.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER WIND PRONE AREAS AND EXPOSED EAST
SLOPES. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER NORTHERN JEFFERSON AND
WESTERN BOULDER COUNTIES.

* 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 WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.