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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Monday September 30th, 2019 :: 01:26 p.m. CDT

Advisory

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR CHEROKEE CO

CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPENCER, CHEROKEE, STORM LAKE, SIOUX CITY, IDA GROVE, HOLSTEIN, AND BATTLE CREEK
1252 PM CDT MON SEP 30 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHWEST IOWA, BUENA VISTA, CHEROKEE,
AND CLAY. IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA, IDA AND WOODBURY.

* FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. STORMS RE-DEVELOPING OVER THE SAME
AREAS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

* IMPACTS MAY INCLUDE QUICK RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS WILL
LIKELY BE MOST PROBLEMATIC IN URBAN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
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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