URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
246 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012
...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.A STABLE LAYER ABOVE RIDGE TOP WILL HELP PRODUCE A MOUNTAIN WAVE
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ACCELERATE WINDS DOWN THE FOOTHILLS AND
ONTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED...
ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 90 MPH
TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL BE FOUND WEST OF HIGHWAY 287 AND THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS.
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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...
LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
246 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WINDS...GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE
OVER OF THE FOOTHILLS AND NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.
LIGHTER WINDS WILL BE FOUND FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEAR THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS...
ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER...AND
ALONG U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS...AS WELL AS NEAR
CARTER LAKE. ROADWAYS THAT ARE NEAR OPEN SNOW FIELDS MAY ALSO
BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
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.
...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.A STABLE LAYER ABOVE RIDGE TOP WILL HELP PRODUCE A MOUNTAIN WAVE
BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ACCELERATE WINDS DOWN THE FOOTHILLS
AND ONTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...
ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 90 MPH
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
FOUND WEST OF HIGHWAY 287 AND THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS.
Instructions: 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.
Target Area:
Boulder And Jefferson Counties Below 6000 Feet, West Broomfield County Jefferson and West Douglas Counties Above 6000 Feet, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Northeast Park Counties Below 9000 Feet
Larimer County Below 6000 Feet, Northwest Weld County
Larimer and Boulder Counties Between 6000 and 9000 Feet
