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Sioux County Sheriff's Office
Sunday August 31st, 2014 :: 03:35 p.m. CDT

Alert

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch until 9 PM this evening

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 479 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
BUENA VISTA           CHEROKEE              CLAY IA             
DICKINSON             IDA                   O'BRIEN             
OSCEOLA               PLYMOUTH              SIOUX               
WOODBURY             
IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
DAKOTA                DIXON                
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
UNION                
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALCESTER...ALLEN...ARNOLDS PARK...
BATTLE CREEK...BERESFORD...CHEROKEE...ELK POINT...HARTLEY...
HOLSTEIN...IDA GROVE...JEFFERSON...LE MARS...MILFORD...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...ORANGE CITY...PONCA...SANBORN...SHELDON...
SIBLEY...SIOUX CENTER...SIOUX CITY...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...SPENCER...
SPIRIT LAKE...STORM LAKE AND WAKEFIELD.

Instructions:

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Address/Location
Sioux County Sheriff's Office
4363 Ironwood Ave., Ste 1
Orange City, IA 51250

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-737-3307

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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