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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Friday February 22nd, 2019 :: 01:31 p.m. CST

Alert

national weather service has issued a winter storm watch late saturday thru sunday for cherokee county

/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0004.190224T0600Z-190225T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
1110 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2019

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

* WHEN...FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE VISIBILITY. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MEANS THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND
EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.

Instructions:

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MEANS THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND
EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.

Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
520 W Main St
Cherokee, IA 51012

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-225-6721

Alert Details

Severity:
Moderate - Possible 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:
Winter Storm Watch

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