THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA UNTIL 245 PM 
AT 244 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE LATE SUNDAY EVENING. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER, IN ADDITION TO RISES IN STREAMS AND
DRAINAGE DITCHES. WATER MAY LINGER IN LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. SOME URBAN STREETS MAY REMAIN CLOSED INTO MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY AND MAY LEAD TO FURTHER FLOODING ISSUES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, COUNTRY ROADS, FARMLAND, AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
520 W Main St
Cherokee, IA 51012
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-225-6721