NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FROM 6PM TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY 
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1205 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018
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1205 PM CST WED DEC 26 2018
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN
IOWA, BUENA VISTA, CHEROKEE, CLAY IA, DICKINSON, IDA, LYON IA,
O'BRIEN, OSCEOLA, PLYMOUTH, SIOUX, AND WOODBURY. IN NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA, DAKOTA AND DIXON. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, UNION.
* FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED
OVER MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN IOWA, FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA,
AND NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. WHILE THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, RUNOFF FROM THE OVERNIGHT
RAIN WILL CAUSE MANY RIVERS TO RISE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
* PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE SIOUX, FLOYD, ROCK AND BIG SIOUX RIVERS
MAY RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OTHER SMALLER
RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY ALSO FLOOD OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY
DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE FLOODED
RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Instructions:
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
520 W Main St
Cherokee, IA 51012
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-225-6721