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Cherokee County Emergency Management
Monday February 27th, 2023 :: 12:19 a.m. CST

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:00AM Monday

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Newton County in southwestern Missouri... McDonald County in southwestern Missouri... Southern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 100 AM CST.

* At 1218 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Chetopa to near Bernice State Park to near Proctor, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include... Joplin, Carthage, Neosho, Webb City, Big Sugar Creek State Park, Carl Junction, Baxter Springs, Galena, Oronogo, Seneca, Granby, Anderson, Carterville, Noel, Duquesne, Dodge, Sarcoxie, Goodman, Duenweg and South West City. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 31. Interstate 49 between mile markers 1 and 46.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... JASPER, MO ... MCDONALD, MO ... NEWTON, MO

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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