“Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:15AM Saturday” from Cherokee County Emergency Management : Nixle

Saturday April 30th, 2022 :: 01:09 a.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:15AM Saturday

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 215 AM CDT.

* At 107 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Parsons to 6 miles south of Edna, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Baxter Springs... Columbus... Galena... Cherokee... Weir... Lowell... Sherman... Scammon... West Mineral... Treece... Roseland... Neutral... Melrose... Riverton... Lawton... Carona... Skidmore... Hallowell... Sherwin... Faulkner...

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857

Alert Details

Severity:: Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:: Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:: Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:: Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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