High Wind Warning and Avalanche Warning 1.10.17

High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
938 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017

PERIODS OF VERY STRONG AND GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS SHOULD THEN WEAKEN SOME FOR A TIME THIS EVENING...THEN
INTENSIFY AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH ARE
LIKELY IN THOSE OPEN AREAS PRONE TO HIGH WINDS..SUCH AS THE PEAK-
TO-PEAK HIGHWAY...NEAR THE WYOMING BORDER SUCH AS ALONG HIGHWAY
287 NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS...ALONG HIGHWAY 36 FROM LYON TO
ESTES PARK AND IN THE FOOTHILL CANYONS OF JEFFERSON...BOULDER AND
LARIMER COUNTIES.

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTES PARK, GLENDEVEY, NEDERLAND,
RED FEATHER LAKES, BAILEY, CENTRAL CITY, EVERGREEN, GEORGETOWN,
IDAHO SPRINGS, AND WESTCREEK
938 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM
MST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MST
WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES
AND POWER LINES AND DISRUPT POWER. DRIVERS OF LIGHT WEIGHT AND
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SUDDEN AND
ERRATIC CROSS WINDS. THE VERY STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW THAT COULD CAUSE A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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Avalanche Warning

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
AVALANCHE WARNING
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
710 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.

AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS.
ISSUED BY THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.

A POTENT WINTER STORM HAS INCREASED THE AVALANCHE HAZARD TUESDAY.
VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS CURRENTLY EXIST AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.

TRAVEL IN THE BACKCOUNTRY IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE WARNING
PERIOD.

* TIMING...BEGAN AT 06:30 AM ON 01/09/2017...EXPIRES AT 06:00 PM MST
ON 01/11/2017 UNLESS CONDITIONS REQUIRE A LONGER PERIOD

* AFFECTED AREAS...THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE NORTHERN, CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...THIS INCLUDES...THE PARK RANGE...ELK HEAD
MOUNTAINS...FLAT TOPS MOUNTAINS...FRONT RANGE...TEN MILE...GORE
SAWATCH...MOSQUITO RANGE...GRAND MESA...THE RUBY RANGE...ELK
MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF THE DIVIDE...WEST ELK MOUNTAINS AND BOTH THE
NORTH AND SOUTH SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.

* AVALANCHE DANGER...WILL BE HIGH (LEVEL 4) AT MULTIPLE ELEVATION
BANDS

* REASON...A STRONG WINTER STORM AND STRONG WINDS ADDED A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW OVER WEAK LAYERS IN THE SNOWPACK.

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...AVALANCHE CONDITIONS REMAIN
VERY DANGEROUS. HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE VERY LIKELY.
BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

CONSULT WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.