Special Weather Statement until 12:00AM Saturday 
At 1130 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Bernice State Park, or 15 miles south of Miami, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Joplin, Carthage, Neosho, Webb City, Big Sugar Creek State Park, Carl Junction, Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Seneca, Granby, Anderson, Carterville, Noel, Duquesne, Dodge, Sarcoxie, Goodman, Duenweg, and South West City. This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 32.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE ... JASPER ... NEWTON ... MCDONALD
Instructions:
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside 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