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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1222 PM MST MON FEB 16 2026
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NORTHEAST 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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEADER, STERLING, AGATE, PAWNEE BUTTES,
FORDER, GROVER, KARVAL, LIMON, LAST CHANCE, FORT MORGAN, DEER TRAIL,
PUNKIN CENTER, AKRON, GOODRICH, MERINO, CROOK, PEETZ, KUTCH,
BRIGGSDALE, BENNETT, STONEHAM, MATHESON, OTIS, WIGGINS, BYERS, HUGO,
RAYMER, COPE, AND BRUSH
1222 PM MST MON FEB 16 2026
..HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS INCLUDING, BRIGGSDALE, FORT
MORGAN, BYERS, LIMON, SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY, STERLING, AND AKRON.
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID
FIRE GROWTH OF ANY NEW FIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND
OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING OR ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY FUEL RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND
SOUTH WELD COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT LUPTON, HAXTUN, ROGGEN, HEREFORD,
SEDGWICK, NUNN, LOVELAND, FORT COLLINS, OVID, EATON, HOLYOKE,
AMHERST, GREELEY, AND JULESBURG
1222 PM MST MON FEB 16 2026
..HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...SEDGWICK AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
THE I-25 CORRIDOR.
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID
FIRE GROWTH OF ANY NEW FIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND
OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING OR ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY FUEL RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/BOU
AP
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