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Cherokee County Emergency Management
Wednesday April 15th, 2026 :: 08:55 p.m. CDT

Alert

Tornado Watch until 12:00AM Thursday

TORNADO WATCH 121, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS CHEROKEE CRAWFORD IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARTON CEDAR DADE GREENE JASPER LAWRENCE NEWTON POLK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARNICA, AURORA, BAXTER SPRINGS, BOLIVAR, CAPLINGER MILLS, CARTHAGE, CEDAR SPRINGS, CHICOPEE, COLUMBUS, EL DORADO SPRINGS, FILLEY, GREENFIELD, JOPLIN, KENOMA, LAMAR, LOCKWOOD, LONE OAK, LOWELL, MARIONVILLE, MEINERT, MOUNT VERNON, NEOSHO, NEUTRAL, PITTSBURG, RIVERTON, SHERWIN, SPRINGFIELD, STIPPVILLE, AND STOCKTON.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, KS ... BARTON, MO ... CEDAR, MO ... DADE, MO ... GREENE, MO ... JASPER, MO ... LAWRENCE, MO ... NEWTON, MO ... POLK, MO

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:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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