Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 05:00AM Wednesday 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 120 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI BENTON HICKORY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARTON CEDAR DADE JASPER NEWTON POLK IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ST. CLAIR VERNON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF APPLETON CITY, ARNICA, BAXTER SPRINGS, BOLIVAR, CAPLINGER MILLS, CARTHAGE, CEDAR SPRINGS, CHICOPEE, COLE CAMP, COLUMBUS, CROCKERVILLE, CROSS TIMBERS, EDMONSON, EL DORADO SPRINGS, FILLEY, FORT SCOTT, GREENFIELD, HERMITAGE, JOHNSON CITY, JOPLIN, KENOMA, LAMAR, LINCOLN, LOCKWOOD, LONE OAK, LOWELL, MEINERT, MORA, NEOSHO, NEUTRAL, NEVADA, PAWNEE STATION, PITTSBURG, PITTSBURG, QUINCY, RIVERTON, SHERWIN, STIPPVILLE, STOCKTON, TIFFIN, WARSAW, WEAUBLEAU, WHEATLAND, AND WHITAKERVILLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BOURBON, KS ... CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, KS ... BARTON, MO ... BENTON, MO ... CEDAR, MO ... DADE, MO ... HICKORY, MO ... JASPER, MO ... NEWTON, MO ... POLK, MO ... ST. CLAIR, MO ... VERNON, MO
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857