High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1035 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...STRONG WINDS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS
AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF
NORTHEAST COLORADO...BUT DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY LATE THIS EVENING.

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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...
LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT
1035 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...THEY WILL
BE THE MOST INTENSE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AND
NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER...BOULDER AND
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...THE FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH DUE TO THE STRONG
WINDS. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL...
ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY.