An updated weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 7:31 p.m. for strong winds until 8:15 p.m. for Boulder/Jefferson counties below 6,000 feet/West Broomfield County, North Douglas County below 6,000 feet/Denver/West Adams and Arapahoe counties/East Broomfield County, Central and South Weld County and Central and East Adams and Arapahoe counties as well as Morgan County.

“At 7:31 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a line of outflow winds from strong thunderstorms extending from near Roggen to near Niwot, moving south at 30 mph,” comments the NWS. “Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”

Locations impacted by the alert include Northeastern Denver, northeastern Aurora, Thornton, eastern Arvada, Westminster, southern Longmont, Broomfield, Commerce City, Northglenn, Brighton, Lafayette, Louisville, Erie, Federal Heights, Firestone, Denver International Airport, D.I.A Terminal and Concourses and Frederick.

The NWS states, “Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.”

Source: The National Weather Service