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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Friday June 17th, 2016 :: 08:25 p.m. CDT

Advisory

National weather service has issued a Severe thunderstorm warning for NorthEastern Cherokee County Until 9 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
O'BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
NORTHERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
SOUTHWESTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WORTHING TO NEAR HOSPERS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.

HAZARD...PROLONGED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPENCER IN CLAY COUNTY...SIOUX CENTER...ORANGE CITY...SHELDON...
CANTON...SIBLEY...ROCK RAPIDS...ROCK VALLEY...MILFORD...HULL...
HARTLEY...SANBORN...ALTON...ARNOLDS PARK...GEORGE...PAULLINA...
PRIMGHAR...LARCHWOOD...INWOOD AND OKOBOJI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS.

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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