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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Sunday May 10th, 2015 :: 10:53 a.m. CDT

Advisory

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN IOWA
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
EASTERN NEBRASKA
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL
900 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER LIKELY
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE
SUMMARY...SCATTERED SUPERCELLS AND SHORT LINES OF SUSTAINED STORMS
WITH A THREAT FOR HAIL...LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND...AND A FEW TORNADOES
EXPECTED OVER WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA
NEBRASKA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 154...WW 155...
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 21040.

Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
520 W Main St
Cherokee, IA 51012

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-225-6721

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