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Sioux County Sheriff's Office
Wednesday September 11th, 2019 :: 04:09 a.m. CDT

Advisory

Flash Flood Watch until 07:00AM Thursday

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of Iowa, northeast Nebraska, and South Dakota, including the following areas, in Iowa, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux, and Woodbury. In northeast Nebraska, Dakota and Dixon. In South Dakota, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Union, and Yankton.

* From this evening through Thursday morning

* Additional thunderstorms are expected, mainly tonight. Rainfall will again be potentially heavy, with one to three inches possible. With little time to recover from the past night rainfall, flash flooding will be possible with heavy rainfall rates.

* Rapid rises in streams and creeks as well as urban flooding are the major hazards with this setup.

* AFFECTED AREAS: DAKOTA ... DIXON ... BON HOMME ... CHEROKEE ... CHARLES MIX ... IDA ... YANKTON ... WOODBURY ... UNION ... CLAY ... GREGORY ... CLAY ... OSCEOLA ... O'BRIEN ... PLYMOUTH ... DICKINSON ... BUENA VISTA ... SIOUX

Instructions:

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

Address/Location
Sioux County Sheriff's Office
4363 Ironwood Ave., Ste 1
Orange City, IA 51250

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-737-3307

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flash Flood Watch

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