Per ICFPD: Red Flag Warning Issued 11am-6pm, High Wind Warning til Noon Fri

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Red Flag Warning issued for 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. No open burning



High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
341 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS TODAY AND POSSIBLY SPREAD TO PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS
THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG AND QUICK MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING POWERFUL
WINDS INTO COLORADO TODAY. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...INCREASINGLY
REACHING DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS DURING THE DAY. THE PEAK OF THE
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY EVENING
WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 75 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH A FEW HIGHER WIND
PRONE AREAS RECEIVING GUSTS AS HIGH AS 100 MPH.

A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR ON THE PLAINS THIS
EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT. POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
WEST OF I-25 AND IN AREAS NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER. WIND GUSTS UP
TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 80 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

THE WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL WEAKEN BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH
STRONG BUT DIMINISHING WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DURING
THE DAY FRIDAY.

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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-
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
341 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
THIS MORNING...AND PEAK IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH ABOVE 10
THOUSAND FEET AND ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE. PEAK
GUSTS OF 75 TO 100 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS.

* IMPACTS...TRAVELERS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
INCLUDING LOW VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST
CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN ADDITION TO THE WIND. ROAD
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND THE THREAT OF
AVALANCHES.

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 DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL THE WINDS
SUBSIDE.