Alert archive / Colorado / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 11, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind warning at Dec 30, 2011, 10:15 AM MST for 22 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 17 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2011, 10:15 AM MST (17:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2011, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 4:49 PM MST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
All 22 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 88 | 9 E Dillon, CO | |
| Dec 31, 3:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 107 | 7 S Frisco, CO | |
| Dec 31, 4:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 9 S Fraser, CO | |
| Dec 31, 4:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 114 | 7 S Frisco, CO | |
| Dec 31, 4:43 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 86 | 7 Ssw Frisco, CO | |
| Dec 31, 5:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 94 | Berthoud Pass, CO | |
| Dec 31, 5:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 126 | 7 S Frisco, CO | |
| Dec 31, 5:10 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | N Fairplay, CO | |
| Dec 31, 5:26 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | Kenosha Pass, CO | |
| Dec 31, 6:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 111 | 4 Sse Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Dec 31, 6:04 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ne Boulder, CO | |
| Dec 31, 6:05 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Denver Intl Airport, CO | |
| Dec 31, 6:18 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 10 Ne Pawnee Buttes, CO | |
| Dec 31, 6:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Greeley, CO | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 90 | 9 E Dillon, CO | |
| Dec 31, 7:07 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Centennial, CO | |
| Dec 31, 7:40 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Wsw Sterling, CO | |
| Dec 31, 7:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Nnw Crook, CO | WEATHER STATION POWER POLE SNAPPED |
| Dec 31, 8:02 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | N Longmont, CO | |
| Dec 31, 8:44 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Nw Manila Village, CO | |
| Dec 31, 8:47 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ssw Bennett, CO | |
| Dec 31, 8:57 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Ene Virginia Dale, CO | |
| Dec 31, 9:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 Nne Natural Fort Rest, CO | |
| Dec 31, 9:08 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | N Longmont, CO | |
| Dec 31, 9:40 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 16 Se Cheyenne, CO | TOP ROW OF ROLLED HAY BALES BLOWN DOWN AND ROLLED. 1/4 MILE VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING DUST. EST WIND SPEED 63 MPH. |
| Dec 31, 9:42 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 10 E Parker, CO | |
| Dec 31, 9:48 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 W Conifer, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 7 Nnw Rockport, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:04 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Deer Trail, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:15 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 5 Nw Fort Collins, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:28 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 4 S Rocky Flats, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 W Cedar Point, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:38 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Ne Limon, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:45 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 2 Ene Lakewood, CO | FENCE KNOCKED DOWN |
| Dec 31, 10:53 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 N Akron, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Buckley Afb, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 6 Ene Greeley, CO | |
| Dec 31, 10:55 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 4 Ene Eaton, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Nnw Louisville, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 8 S Holyoke, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 4 Ene Severance, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 76 | 3 Nnw Morrison, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 2 Ssw Boulder, CO | MESA LAB |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 3 Sw Rocky Flats, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:01 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Loveland, CO | ROOF BLOWN OFF SMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 2300 BLOCK NORTH LINCOLN AVENUE AND TREE FELL ON NEARBY TRAILER HOME. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. |
| Dec 31, 11:02 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 N Akron, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:04 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 74 | 1 Ne Limon, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:05 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 80 | 3 W Cedar Point, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:13 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 N Greeley, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:15 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 9 Nne Briggsdale, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:15 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 110 | 4 Sse Pinecliffe, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:18 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 2 Nw Rocky Flats, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 3 Nnw Cornish, CO | DAMAGED PORTION OF DECK |
| Dec 31, 11:21 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 W Keenesburg, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:24 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | Akron, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:24 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | Akron, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:24 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 99 | 1 W Lyons, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:27 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 86 | 2 N Red Rocks Park, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:31 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 N Greeley, CO | |
| Dec 31, 11:32 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 4 E Fort Collins, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592 WWUS75 KBOU 301715 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1015 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WINDS WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .ANOTHER STRONG AND FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL HIT COLORADO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS...WHILE ON THE PLAINS AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN SPOTS. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 76 FROM DENVER TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER...INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL INTO KANSAS...AND I-25 FROM MONUMENT HILL THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR TO THE WYOMING BORDER. COZ033>036-310500- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T0700Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T0700Z-120101T0000Z/ 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 1015 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL. THIS INCLUDES THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING...AND HIGHWAY 72 THROUGH COAL CREEK CANYON. INTERSTATE 70 WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND GEORGETOWN WHERE GUSTS AROUND 90 MPH ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. ROADS WILL ALSO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY...WITH SLOW TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ038-039-310500- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 1015 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM... WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ040-041-043>047-310500- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER 1015 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON SATURDAY. SEMI- TRAILERS MAY BE OVERTURNED. BLOWING DUST NEAR OPEN FIELDS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ042-048>051-310500- /O.UPG.KBOU.HW.A.0010.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1015 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SEMI-TRUCKS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AS SEMI-TRUCKS WILL BE SUBJECT TO OVERTURNING DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BARJENBRUCH/KRIEDERMAN
6 follow-up statements
983 WWUS75 KBOU 310220 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 720 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WINDS AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .ANOTHER STRONG AND FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL HIT COLORADO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN SPREAD RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS...WHILE ON THE PLAINS AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN SPOTS. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 76 FROM DENVER TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER...INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL INTO KANSAS...AND I-25 FROM MONUMENT HILL THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR TO THE WYOMING BORDER. COZ033>036-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T0700Z-120101T0000Z/ 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 720 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL. THIS INCLUDES THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING...AND HIGHWAY 72 THROUGH COAL CREEK CANYON. INTERSTATE 70 WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO THE HIGH WINDS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND GEORGETOWN WHERE GUSTS AROUND 90 MPH ARE LIKELY. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES. ROADS WILL ALSO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY...WITH SLOW TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ038-039-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 720 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM... WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 75 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ040-041-043>047-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER 720 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET SATURDAY. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AND DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON SATURDAY. SEMI- TRAILERS MAY BE OVERTURNED. BLOWING DUST NEAR OPEN FIELDS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ042-048>051-311230- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 720 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SEMI-TRUCKS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AS SEMI-TRUCKS WILL BE SUBJECT TO OVERTURNING DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
194 WWUS75 KBOU 311239 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 539 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PLAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY... .STRONG WINDS WERE ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE STRONG AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN OFF THE FOOTHILLS AND OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. OVERNIGHT...WINDS WERE CLOCKED TO 107 AND 114 MPH BY AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION AT ABOUT 12000 FEET IN SUMMIT COUNTY. STRONGEST WINDS ON THE PLAINS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR NORTH OF A FORT COLLINS TO LIMON LINE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 95 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER FOOTHILLS...WITH 55 TO 70 MPH GUSTS ON THE PLAINS. THE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. STRONG CROSS WINDS AND BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO MAY TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT ON THE PLAINS. HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE POWERFUL WINDS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 76 FROM DENVER TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER...INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL INTO KANSAS...AND I-25 FROM MONUMENT HILL THROUGH THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR TO THE WYOMING BORDER. COZ033>036-312045- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ 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 539 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING...AND HIGHWAY 72 THROUGH COAL CREEK CANYON. INTERSTATE 70 WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THESE HIGH WINDS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND GEORGETOWN WHERE GUSTS COULD REACH 90 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES TODAY. ROADS MAY ALSO BECOME SNOW COVERED DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ038-039-312045- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 539 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE...WITH THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM TODAY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AND ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE RESCHEDULED UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ040-041-043>047-312045- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER 539 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD THEN DECREASE TOWARDS SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AND ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE RESCHEDULED UNTIL AFTER THE WINDS DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ042-048>051-312045- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.111231T1500Z-120101T0200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 539 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING THEN DECREASE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT HAZARDOUS DUE TO THESE STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SEMI- TRUCKS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AS HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG CROSS WINDS. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BAKER
682 WWUS75 KBOU 311543 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 843 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...STRONG WINDS BUFFETING NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .STRONG WINDS HAD QUICKLY SPREAD FROM THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE PLAINS THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING BY EARLY EVENING. OVERNIGHT...WINDS WERE CLOCKED TO 107 AND 114 MPH BY AN AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION AT ABOUT 12000 FEET IN SUMMIT COUNTY. EARLY THIS MORNING...PEAK GUSTS APPROACHED 60 MPH IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS...INCLUDING GREELEY...DENVER...BOULDER...AND STERLING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FURTHER ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER THIS MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. PEAK GUSTS REACHING THE 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE LIKELY FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...WHILE ON THE PLAINS AREAS OF BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN SPOTS. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 76 FROM DENVER TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER...INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL INTO KANSAS...AND I-25 FROM SOUTH OF PUEBLO NORTHWARD THROUGH DENVER...FORT COLLINS...AND ACROSS THE WYOMING BORDER. COZ033>036-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ 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 843 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING...AND HIGHWAY 72 THROUGH COAL CREEK CANYON. INTERSTATE 70 WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THESE HIGH WINDS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND GEORGETOWN WHERE GUSTS COULD REACH 90 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES TODAY. ROADS WILL ALSO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY...WITH SLOW TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ038-039-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 843 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED UNTIL 3 PM. WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE OVERTURNED. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ040-041-043>047-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER 843 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DECREASE AGAIN TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE OVERTURNED. BLOWING DUST NEAR OPEN FIELDS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ042-048>051-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 843 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO WILL BE DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SEMI-TRUCKS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AS SEMI- TRUCKS WILL BE SUBJECT TO OVERTURNING DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
859 WWUS75 KBOU 311916 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1216 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...STRONG WINDS POUNDING NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... .STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING BY EARLY EVENING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 80 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE PLAINS. A SURGE OF STRONGER WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WAS PUSHING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...FENCES...AND SHEDS. IN ADDITION...A BRIEF PERIOD OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE...ROUGHLY IN AREAS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BRIGGSDALE TO AKRON...AS A BAND OF SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND BLOWING DUST AS WELL. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THESE WINDS. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL OTHER VEHICLES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW IN THE HIGH COUNTRY AND THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING DUST AND BLOWING SNOW OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 76 FROM DENVER TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER...INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL INTO KANSAS...AND I-25 FROM SOUTH OF PUEBLO NORTHWARD THROUGH DENVER...FORT COLLINS...AND ACROSS THE WYOMING BORDER. COZ033>036-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ 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 1216 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... AND THEN DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE LIKELY ABOVE TIMBERLINE AND IN WIND PRONE AREAS OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * IMPACTS...PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THIS INCLUDES THE PEAK TO PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND BLACKHAWK...HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN FORT COLLINS AND LARAMIE WYOMING...AND HIGHWAY 72 THROUGH COAL CREEK CANYON. INTERSTATE 70 WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE THESE HIGH WINDS...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED AROUND GEORGETOWN WHERE GUSTS COULD REACH 90 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES TODAY. ROADS WILL ALSO BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY...WITH SLOW TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ038-039-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT 1216 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER 3 PM. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE OVERTURNED. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ040-041-043>047-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...SIMLA... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN... GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER 1216 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH. A FEW GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GREELEY TO BENNETT AND LIMON. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SEMI-TRAILERS MAY BE OVERTURNED. BLOWING DUST NEAR OPEN FIELDS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ042-048>051-010200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1216 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SHEDS...AND FENCES IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO WILL BE DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF SEMI-TRUCKS SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AS SEMI- TRUCKS WILL BE SUBJECT TO OVERTURNING DUE TO THE STRONG CROSS WINDS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND BRIEF POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
572 WWUS75 KBOU 312221 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 321 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ABATING... .STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. UNTIL THEN...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO WHERE A FEW GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. NUMEROUS 60 TO 80 MPH WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY...WITH SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFS...FENCES...TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES HAVE ALSO OCCURRED. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY AS WELL...AS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW END LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO COME TO AN END AS THE WINDS DECREASE. IN THE MOUNTAINS...ONLY A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL EXIST THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION. COZ033>036-038>041-043>045-312330- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ 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- 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- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 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... FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... SIMLA...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER 321 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. $$ COZ046-047-010000- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 321 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE BY SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL. BLOWING DUST WILL STILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY AFTER DARK. * OTHER IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ COZ042-048>051-010200- /O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 321 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE BY 7 PM. BLOWING DUST MAY STILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
708 WWUS75 KBOU 312349 NPWBOU URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 449 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...STRONG WINDS DECREASE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO... .ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS... THEY ARE NO LONGER REACHING HIGH WIND CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE REST OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COZ042-048>051-010100- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0200Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 449 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$ COZ046-047-010100- /O.CAN.KBOU.HW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120101T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON... FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 449 PM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.