The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Cherokee county until 10 AM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WOODBURY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
IDA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 653 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHEROKEE...IDA GROVE...MOVILLE...HOLSTEIN...MARCUS...AURELIA...
SLOAN...LAWTON...CORRECTIONVILLE...BATTLE CREEK...ANTHON...GALVA...
PIERSON...DANBURY...QUIMBY...WASHTA...CLEGHORN...HORNICK...
SMITHLAND AND CUSHING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
520 W Main St
Cherokee, IA 51012
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-225-6721