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WWUS75 KBOU 160446
NPWBOU
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
946 PM MST THU JAN 15 2026
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST
WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL
AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON
COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COPE, HEREFORD, EATON, FORT COLLINS,
LOVELAND, STONEHAM, MERINO, WIGGINS, OTIS, AMHERST, BRUSH, DEER
TRAIL, STERLING, NUNN, PEETZ, BENNETT, ROGGEN, GROVER, HAXTUN,
HOLYOKE, SEDGWICK, FORT MORGAN, AKRON, OVID, LAST CHANCE, RAYMER,
CROOK, PAWNEE BUTTES, FORT LUPTON, BYERS, LEADER, JULESBURG, GREELEY,
BRIGGSDALE, AND GOODRICH
946 PM MST THU JAN 15 2026
..HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY
* WHAT...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.
* WHERE...FORT COLLINS, BRIGGSDALE, GREELEY, FORT MORGAN, BYERS,
STERLING, AKRON, JULESBURG, AND HOLYOKE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS AND A FEW
POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID
FIRE GROWTH OF ANY NEW FIRE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE POOR
VISIBILITY IN SPOTS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...AFTER THIS EVENING'S COLD FRONT, A LULL IN THE
STRONGER WINDS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER, STRONG WINDS WILL
REDEVELOP AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING OR ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY FUEL RAPID FIRE GROWTH.
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NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORDER, KUTCH, AGATE, MATHESON, PUNKIN
CENTER, HUGO, KARVAL, AND LIMON
946 PM MST THU JAN 15 2026
..HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY
* WHAT...NORTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
* WHERE...LIMON, AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS AND A FEW
POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT. STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID
FIRE GROWTH OF ANY NEW FIRE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE POOR
VISIBILITY IN SPOTS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING WITH A COLD FRONT
THIS EVENING. A LULL IN THE STRONGER WINDS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT
BEFORE THEY INCREASE AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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
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