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High Wind Watch 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

December 15, 202512 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this high wind watch at Dec 15, 2025, 12:55 PM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 17, 2025, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 2025, 12:55 PM MST (19:55 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2025, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 16, 2025, 1:51 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Dec 15, 10:49 AM MST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 10:49 AM MST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 11:45 AM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1145 AM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

COZ030>051-161845-
Jackson County Below 9000 Feet-
West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet-
Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet-
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-
Central and Southeast Park County-
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-
Northeast Weld County-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-
Logan County-Washington County-Sedgwick County-Phillips County-
1145 AM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central
Colorado.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Winds will increase Tuesday into Wednesday, with strong winds on
Wednesday afternoon in the higher elevations and potentially the
foothills. Light snow is expected to return to the northern
mountains by Wednesday, with additional chances this weekend.
Elevated fire weather conditions will be present Wednesday and
Friday across lower elevations, as strong winds and well above
normal temperatures combine.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 1:20 PM MSTFire Weather WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 3 more14 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Colorado, 2025Every high wind watch in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.