Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:30AM Thursday 
SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 230 AM CDT.
* At 140 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Parsons, moving east at 40 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... Pittsburg, Frontenac, Columbus, Girard, Arma, Cherokee, Weir, Sherman, Mulberry, Scammon, Chicopee, Mccune, Franklin, West Mineral, Roseland, Beulah, Croweburg, Yale, Carona, and Brazilton.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, KS
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857