Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 01:45AM Thursday 
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Newton County in southwestern Missouri... Northwestern Barry County in southwestern Missouri... Southwestern Lawrence County in southwestern Missouri... Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 145 AM CDT.
* At 1258 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Golden City to Duenweg to near Columbus, moving south at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Joplin, Carthage, Neosho, Webb City, Monett, Carl Junction, Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Oronogo, Seneca, Granby, Carterville, Duquesne, Sarcoxie, Pierce City, Duenweg, Diamond, Loma Linda and Airport Drive. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 36. Interstate 49 between mile markers 15 and 53.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... BARRY, MO ... JASPER, MO ... LAWRENCE, 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