High Wind Warning for Jeffco/ParkCo, 4pmToday - 10am Tues

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1208 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014

...PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS LATE TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG JET STREAM WILL BRING INCREASED WINDS TO THE FRONT RANGE
LATER TODAY. WINDS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON...WHILE THE WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS WILL BE MORE
VARIABLE...WITH PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH
ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED AREAS.

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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
1208 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
MST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. IN THE FOOTHILLS THERE WILL
BE PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH ABOVE
TIMBERLINE AND DOWN THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES PLANNING TO
TRAVEL TONIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING
TRAVEL TIMES TO EITHER TODAY OR LATER TUESDAY WHEN WINDS
SUBSIDE.

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. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1223 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
1223 PM MST MON FEB 17 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WINDS WILL REDEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON...WHILE THE FOOTHILLS WILL HAVE OCCASIONAL STRONG WINDS
TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EXPOSED AND
WIND PRONE AREAS FROM THE CREST OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
DOWN THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS. ON THE ADJACENT PLAINS...GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON BUT A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED NEXT TO THE FOOTHILLS INCLUDING BOULDER...GOLDEN...AND
FORT COLLINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HIGH WINDS OVER THE FRONT RANGE WILL DECREASE BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY...THOUGH IT WILL STILL BE WINDY ACROSS THE AREA IN THE
AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS
WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND. OVER THE NORTHEAST
COLORADO PLAINS THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND OVER THE WEEKEND. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS. TEMPERATURES WILL TURN COOLER THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...AND MAY BE EVEN COLDER THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE WILL BE APPRECIATED.