High Wind Warning for Bailey, Conifer, Evergreen

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1234 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014

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
1234 PM MST WED JAN 29 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WEST WINDS ARE LIKELY
AFTER 5 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 5 AM MST THURSDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS TO 80 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS LIKE THE PEAK-TO-PEAK
HIGHWAY WILL BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT AND EVEN DANGEROUS DUE TO
VIOLENT CROSSWINDS. WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE GROUND BLIZZARDS
POTENTIALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD MOVE TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND ANY OTHER ITEMS
EASILY TOSSED ABOUT BY HIGH WINDS INDOORS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BLOW DOWN POWER LINES CAUSING POWER
OUTAGES. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THESE STRONG WINDS
SUBSIDE.

Now set condition ZEBRA throughout the ship! Winds plus snow are going to be "fun" early tomorrow morning for those on the 285 bobsled run!