Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:45PM Wednesday 
SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Northwestern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 1019 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Baxter Springs, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include... Northern Joplin, Carthage, Webb City, Carl Junction, Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Oronogo, Carterville, Airport Drive, Lowell, Alba, Purcell, Carytown, Asbury, Neck City, Brooklyn Heights, Waco, Neutral, and Riverton. This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 43 and 53.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... JASPER, MO
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