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Cherokee County Emergency Management
Friday April 3rd, 2026 :: 11:17 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:00AM Saturday

SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Northern Newton County in southwestern Missouri... Southwestern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 1116 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Galena to 8 miles southwest of Shoal Creek Drive to near Seneca, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. 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 Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 26.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... JASPER, MO ... NEWTON, MO

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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