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WWUS75 KBOU 171013  
NPWBOU  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO  
413 AM MDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
COZ038>051-180115-  
/O.CON.KBOU.FZ.W.0001.260418T0200Z-260418T1400Z/  
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-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PUNKIN CENTER, OVID, BRIGGSDALE, FONDIS,  
GROVER, PEETZ, KARVAL, CITY OF DENVER, PARKER, GOLDEN, BOULDER,  
LITTLETON, ELBERT, BENNETT, LOVELAND, HUGO, CROOK, LAST CHANCE,  
RAYMER, BRUSH, HOLYOKE, MATHESON, ROGGEN, FORT COLLINS, LARKSPUR,  
DEER TRAIL, COPE, LAKEWOOD, AKRON, GOODRICH, KIOWA, GREELEY,  
JULESBURG, WIGGINS, FORT MORGAN, LONGMONT, NUNN, AURORA, BYERS, OTIS,  
SEDGWICK, AMHERST, HEREFORD, AGATE, KUTCH, FORDER, HIGHLANDS RANCH,  
EATON, HAXTUN, LIMON, PAWNEE BUTTES, STERLING, ARVADA, FORT LUPTON,  
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CASTLE ROCK, MERINO, LEADER, BRIGHTON,  
AND STONEHAM  
413 AM MDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM  
MDT SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...PROLONGED SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES DROPPING DOWN INTO THE  
18 TO 24 DEGREE RANGE.  
 
* WHERE...ALL OF THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND NORTHEAST PLAINS  
OF COLORADO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM MDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...IF NOT DRAINED OR PROTECTED, DAMAGE TO ABOVE GROUND  
IRRIGATION LINES WILL BE LIKELY. A HARD FREEZE COULD KILL SENSITIVE  
VEGETATION AND DAMAGE FRUIT TREES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DISCONNECT WATER HOSES.  
 
DRAIN ABOVE GROUND IRRIGATION LINES.  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT  
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/BOU  
 
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