URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
545 AM MST WED DEC 9 2015
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HIGH WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE FRONT RANGE TONIGHT...
.A STRONG JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER COLORADO TONIGHT. THE WINDS
WILL SPILL OVER THE FRONT RANGE...CREATING
DANGEROUS HIGH WINDS IN
AREAS ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND DOWN THE EAST SLOPES INTO THE
FOOTHILLS. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN AREAS ABOVE 9000 FEET
AND IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THESE AREAS WILL SEE
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 90 MPH OVERNIGHT. IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY AT
TIMES IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS...SUCH
AS BOULDER...CARTER LAKE...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR THE
WYOMING BORDER. PEAK WIND GUSTS IN THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
BETWEEN 50 AND 75 MPH.
ROADS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT
INCLUDE LOVELAND AND BERTHOUD PASSES...THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY
BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK...HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER...AND HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE.
INTERSTATE 70 AROUND FLOYD HILL AND GEORGETOWN...INTERSTATE 25 AT
THE WYOMING BORDER...AND HIGHWAY 36 AROUND BROOMFIELD AND NORTH OF
BOULDER MAY ALSO HAVE VERY STRONG WINDS. EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW
CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW
COVER...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.
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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
545 AM MST WED DEC 9 2015
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HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST
THURSDAY.
* TIMING...
WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY TODAY...THEN BECOME
VERY STRONG THIS EVENING. SOME DECREASE IN SPEEDS IS EXPECTED
LATE TONIGHT...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY.
* WINDS...INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH BY THIS EVENING...WITH
GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 90 MPH IN EXPOSED AND WIND PRONE AREAS. SOME DECREASE
IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND LESS SECURE
PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS. BLOWING ROCKS COULD DAMAGE WINDOWS.
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. RESIDENTS
SHOULD MOVE LOOSE OBJECTS INDOORS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD CONSIDER AVOIDING WIND PRONE AREAS OR DELAYING
TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.