Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 03:30PM 
SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Newton County in southwestern Missouri... Southwestern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 330 PM CDT.
* At 235 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Quapaw, or near Baxter Springs, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Joplin, Carthage, Neosho, Webb City, Baxter Springs, Galena, Seneca, Granby, Carterville, Duquesne, Duenweg, Diamond, Loma Linda, Leawood, Lowell, Silver Creek, Shoal Creek Drive, Saginaw, Fidelity, and Newtonia. This includes the following highways... Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 25. Interstate 49 between mile markers 18 and 41.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... JASPER, MO ... NEWTON, MO
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 700 PM CDT for southeastern Kansas...and southwestern Missouri.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857