Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

Cherokee County Emergency Management
Tuesday March 12th, 2024 :: 08:06 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 08:45PM Tuesday

SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 806 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cherokee, or near Girard, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include... Pittsburg, Frontenac, Girard, Arma, Cherokee, Weir, Mulberry, Chicopee, Mccune, Franklin, Beulah, Opolis, Croweburg, Greenbush, Yale, Ringo, Lone Oak, Brazilton, and Polk.

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

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

Navigate & Discover