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<br /> <br />~~- <br /> <br />Source: NCElvf newsletter <br /> <br />OTHER WIND HAZARDS <br />The planning area is also subject to significant, but non-tornadic (straight-line), winds. The map <br />below shows the distribution throughout the planning area. <br /> <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />. <br />: ~. <br /> <br />Severe Wind Events 1950-1996 <br />. 0-13 <br />. 14 -64 <br />. 65 -16 <br />. 77 -90 <br />. 9t -160 <br />Text County Names <br />D County boundar;.. <br />k2ill Fire perimeter. 2002 <br /> <br />70 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />70 <br /> <br />140 Mile s <br />, <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />W*E <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />The Planning Team has identified four distinct "groupings" of high winds within the planning <br />area. These "groupings" of wind events can be explained by two sets of circumstances. First, the <br />two groupings on the western edge of the planning area (Elbert and Weld counties) are the <br />closest to the Front Range, the source of significant downslope, Chinook winds. They are also <br />among the counties with the highest populations and experiencing the greatest rate of growth. <br /> <br />18 <br />