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Boulder Weather UPDATE on wind storm and snow: winds may subside at 9:00pm Story:
Feb 22nd
NCAR reports to dispatch wind should start to subside beginning at 9:00pm
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Tonight: A 40 percent chance of snow after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 23 mph decreasing to between 11 and 14 mph. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
High Wind Warning
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012
…HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND
OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS EVENING…
.THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM OVER COLORADO WILL CONTINUE
PRODUCING INTENSE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WHICH WILL KEEP
STRONG WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE INTO TONIGHT. GUSTS
OF 70 TO 90 MPH OCCURRED DURING THE AFTERNOON. TREES HAVE BEEN
BLOWN DOWN IN THE BOULDER AREA AND TRUCKS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER ON
SOME FRONT RANGE ROADWAYS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING
BOULDER…THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORT COLLINS…LOVELAND…AND
THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED…
ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH.
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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
350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012
…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY…
* TIMING…PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.
WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE AREA.
* WINDS…GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE
FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS
FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25.
* IMPACTS…STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG THE BASE OF THE
FOOTHILLS… ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER…U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS…AND HIGHWAY
287 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH FORT COLLINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED.
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY
LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE
BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS.
Boulderwind cowx 54mph 92mph gusts: trees, lines, transformers, accidents, signs, debris blown
Jan 18th
Wednesday Jan 18 8:15pm Boulder police and fire report numerous traffic lights out over the city. Serveral transformers are being reported blown and on fire.
A tree fell on power line near 11 and Walnut starting a fire.
Nearby homes were evacuated.
In east boulder cattle fences blew down and cattle were on highway.
RTD is reporting some large signs down in city.
City 911 very busy. Dispatch reports
Power outages all over city.
Wind related roll over accidents 2 in last hour.
Some officers have been seen wearing helmets and googles. Good advice to anyone walking around. See weather report below. This does not account for the foothills of Boulder where winds are high
A tree fell on power line near 11 and Walnut starting a fire.
Nearby homes were evacuated.
In east boulder cattle fences blew down and cattle were on highway.
RTD is reporting some large signs down in city.
City 911 very busy. Dispatch reports
Power outages all over city.
Wind related roll over accidents 2 in last hour.
Some officers have been seen wearing helmets and googles. Good advice to anyone walking around. See weather report below. This does not account for the foothills of Boulder where winds are high
8:20 pm Power lines down on Pennsylvania on hill
8:25pm Tree down at 9th and college impeding traffic
Tiles flying off down town church at Broadway and Spruce
8:45pm Boulder County reports power line down in field at redwood court, sparking with fire and embers.
all fires out at this point, but police report signs, debris flying through air. Power lines are down and there are still power outages.
9:00pm Boulder Airport reports constant wind speed of 54mph Various sources in city report gusts of 71mph to 92mph
Diagonal and Look out road RR crossing sign blew into car causing tow car accident.
9:27pm Boulder Weather Station live reposts Power lines and trees continue to fall at this hour.
High Wind Warning
.HIGH WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…
.VERY STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO
MOUNTAINS…FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AS SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG
WITH THE CONTINUED WIND.
WIND GUSTS FROM 70 TO 90 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN WIND PRONE
MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL AREAS…AND ALSO IN FAVORED AREAS JUST EAST
OF THE MOUNTAINS SUCH AS ROCKY FLATS…BOULDER…AND CARTER LAKE.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREES…POWER OUTAGES…
AND MAY BLOW OVER HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND AVOID TRAVEL IN AREAS
EXPERIENCING VIOLENT WINDS. MAIN AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED ARE
INTERSTATE 70 IN JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES…THE PEAK TO
PEAK HIGHWAY BETWEEN BLACK HAWK AND ESTES PARK…AND HIGHWAYS AT
THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS.
