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Sioux County Sheriff's Office
Saturday January 31st, 2015 :: 07:03 p.m. CST

Alert

The National Weather Service has extened the Winter Storm Warning until 6pm Sunday February 1.

WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FILL IN LATE SATURDAY...THEN
  CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL
  DECREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO A HALF MILE OR
  LESS IN FALLING SNOW. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY BY
  EARLY SUNDAY...AVERAGING 15 TO 30 MPH WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME
  DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
 

Instructions:

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Winter Storm Warning

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