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Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency
Wednesday January 15th, 2020 :: 02:53 p.m. CST

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
244 PM CST WED JAN 15 2020

...WINTERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF A LIGHT GLAZE POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA, NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE COLD WIND
CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED
SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

&&

$$

Instructions:

LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
244 PM CST WED JAN 15 2020

...WINTERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF A LIGHT GLAZE POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA, NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE COLD WIND
CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED
SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

&&

$$

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:
Severe - Significant 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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