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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Thursday November 29th, 2018 :: 02:49 p.m. CST

Advisory

WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY

National Weather Service has issued a WINTER STORM WATCH LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-
DAKOTA-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-UNION-
245 PM CST THU NOV 29 2018

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...A WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING, WITH A POTENTIAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH
STRONG WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. AHEAD OF THE SNOW, A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE, WITH PERHAPS AROUND A
TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IN NORTHWEST IOWA.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PATCHY
BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW, SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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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