Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 11:30PM Saturday 
SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Southeastern Crawford County in southeastern Kansas... Barton County in southwestern Missouri... Northern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 1130 PM CDT.
* At 1051 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Weir, or near Pittsburg, moving east at 50 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, Carthage, Prairie State Park, Lamar, Frontenac, Jasper, Golden City, Cherokee, Weir, Alba, Scammon, Purcell, Chicopee, Nashville, Mindenmines, Carytown, Asbury, Neck City, Lamar Heights, and Avilla. This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 44 and 73.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, KS ... BARTON, MO ... JASPER, 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 500 AM CDT for southeastern Kansas...and southwestern and west central Missouri.
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857