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Flood — Cherokee, IA

Jun 16, 2014

Thunderstorms produced numerous events of large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and areal flooding across most of northwest Iowa from late morning through the evening of June 16th. There was also one brief tornado. The areal flooding was a longer term event and persisted through much of June 18th.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 520510). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Cherokee, IA

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