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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Saturday January 14th, 2017 :: 04:08 p.m. CST

Advisory

ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS EITHER FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET SUNDAY EVENING...BECOMING ALL FREEZING RAIN IN THE AREA EARLY ON MONDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SWITCH OVER TO SNOW ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TENTHS TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEREAFTER, THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW, WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

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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