Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:30PM
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Southwestern Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 530 PM CDT
* At 436 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Parsons, moving east at 20 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... Girard... Cherokee... Mccune... Beulah... Brazilton... Greenbush... HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE ... CRAWFORD
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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
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