Tornado Watch until 11:00PM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 150 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI BENTON HICKORY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARTON CEDAR DADE GREENE JASPER LAWRENCE NEWTON POLK IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ST. CLAIR VERNON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF APPLETON CITY, ARNICA, AURORA, BAXTER SPRINGS, BOLIVAR, CAPLINGER MILLS, CARTHAGE, CEDAR SPRINGS, CHICOPEE, COLE CAMP, COLUMBUS, CROCKERVILLE, CROSS TIMBERS, EDMONSON, EL DORADO SPRINGS, FILLEY, FORT SCOTT, GREENFIELD, HERMITAGE, JOHNSON CITY, JOPLIN, KENOMA, LAMAR, LINCOLN, LOCKWOOD, LONE OAK, LOWELL, MARIONVILLE, MEINERT, MORA, MOUNT VERNON, NEOSHO, NEUTRAL, NEVADA, PAWNEE STATION, PITTSBURG, PITTSBURG, QUINCY, RIVERTON, SHERWIN, SPRINGFIELD, STIPPVILLE, STOCKTON, TIFFIN, WARSAW, WEAUBLEAU, WHEATLAND, AND WHITAKERVILLE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BOURBON, KS ... CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, KS ... BARTON, MO ... BENTON, MO ... CEDAR, MO ... DADE, MO ... GREENE, MO ... HICKORY, MO ... JASPER, MO ... LAWRENCE, MO ... NEWTON, MO ... POLK, MO ... ST. CLAIR, MO ... VERNON, MO
Address/Location
Cherokee County Emergency Management
110 W Maple St
Columbus, KS 66725
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-429-1857