Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:15PM 
SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Southern Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Altamont, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Pittsburg, Frontenac, Columbus, Galena, Girard, Arma, Cherokee, Weir, Sherman, Mulberry, Scammon, Chicopee, Mccune, Franklin, West Mineral, Roseland, Neutral, Beulah, Croweburg, and Yale.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, KS
Instructions:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern Kansas.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857