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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday July 6th, 2016 :: 11:59 p.m. CDT

Advisory

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEROKEE CO UNTIL 1230 AM

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1152 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
O'BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1151 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GRANVILLE TO NEAR WASHTA...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WASHTA AROUND 1155 PM CDT.
PAULLINA AND QUIMBY AROUND 1200 AM CDT.
PRIMGHAR AROUND 1205 AM CDT.
SUTHERLAND AROUND 1215 AM CDT.
PETERSON AROUND 1225 AM CDT.
LAKESIDE...ROYAL...LINN GROVE AND GREENVILLE AROUND 1230 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
ROSSIE...GILLETT GROVE...CALUMET...DICKENS...MERIDEN...REMBRANDT AND
MONETA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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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