WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. 
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Cherokee County from 6 AM to 9 PM Friday.
TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING.
Accumulations are 5-7 inches!!!
WIND AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES DUE TO FALLING SNOW.
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
Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
520 W Main St
Cherokee, IA 51012
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-225-6721