Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:15PM
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Northwestern Newton County in southwestern Missouri... Western Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 115 PM CST.
* At 1232 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Miami, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include... Joplin, Carthage, Webb City, Carl Junction, Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Oronogo, Carterville, Duquesne, Duenweg, Diamond, Loma Linda, Cherokee, Airport Drive, Weir, Leawood, Lowell, Silver Creek and Alba. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 20. Interstate 49 between mile markers 25 and 38, and near mile marker 40.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... JASPER, 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