Flash Flood Warning in effect for Southwestern Cherokee County thru 1:45am. 
Flash Flood Warning in effect for Southwestern Cherokee County thru 1:45am.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 847 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WASHTA.
Instructions:
OVERALL RADAR TRENDS ARE SHOWING A DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN NORTHWEST IOWA. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL
CELLS CONTINUE TO REFORM OVER A SECTION OF SOUTHWEST CHEROKEE
COUNTY. DUE TO PERIODIC RAIN DEVELOPMENT...FLASH FLOODING IS A
SERIOUS CONCERN OVER RURAL ROADS, DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
520 W Main St
Cherokee, IA 51012
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-225-6721