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WWUS75 KBOU 160934  
NPWBOU  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO  
234 AM MST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
COZ038-042>045-048>051-162315-  
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260117T0000Z/  
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 FORT LUPTON, GREELEY, OTIS, COPE, MERINO,  
LEADER, WIGGINS, PEETZ, BENNETT, AMHERST, BRUSH, SEDGWICK, JULESBURG,  
BRIGGSDALE, FORT MORGAN, FORT COLLINS, HAXTUN, GOODRICH, HOLYOKE,  
CROOK, HEREFORD, EATON, BYERS, DEER TRAIL, LOVELAND, ROGGEN, AKRON,  
NUNN, OVID, RAYMER, STERLING, PAWNEE BUTTES, STONEHAM, LAST CHANCE,  
AND GROVER  
234 AM MST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...FORT COLLINS, BRIGGSDALE, GREELEY, FORT MORGAN, BYERS,  
STERLING, AKRON, JULESBURG, AND HOLYOKE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH OF ANY  
NEW FIRE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITY IN  
PLACES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHERE EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST OCCURS. USE EXTRA  
CAUTION.  
 
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING OR ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS. THE  
STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY FUEL RAPID FIRE GROWTH.  
 

 
 

 
 
COZ046-047-162315-  
/O.CON.KBOU.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260117T0000Z/  
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN  
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN  
COUNTY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KARVAL, MATHESON, AGATE, FORDER, HUGO, KUTCH,  
PUNKIN CENTER, AND LIMON  
234 AM MST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...LIMON, AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO RAPID FIRE GROWTH OF ANY  
NEW FIRE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE POOR VISIBILITY IN  
PLACES. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHERE EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST OCCURS. 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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