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Cherokee County Emergency Management
Sunday June 18th, 2023 :: 01:51 a.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:45AM Sunday

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

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

* Until 245 AM CDT.

* At 150 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Oswego to near Narcissa to near Grove, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Seneca, Mccune, West Mineral and Treece around 210 AM CDT. Baxter Springs and Scammon around 215 AM CDT. Columbus, Galena, Cherokee and Weir around 220 AM CDT. Pittsburg and Shoal Creek Drive around 230 AM CDT. Joplin, Carl Junction, Duquesne, Leawood, Silver Creek and Saginaw around 235 AM CDT. Webb City, Oronogo and Duenweg around 240 AM CDT. Carterville around 245 AM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Loma Linda, Airport Drive, Lowell, Sherman, Chicopee, Asbury, Redings Mill, Grand Falls Plaza, Shoal Creek Estates and Waco. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 13. Interstate 49 between mile markers 16 and 35.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, 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

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