Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:30PM 
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... Southeastern Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 441 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cherokee, or 8 miles southwest of Pittsburg, and is nearly stationary. 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... Pittsburg... Cherokee... Weir... Scammon... Chicopee... Roseland... Skidmore... Opolis... Stippville... Crestline... Lawton... Carona...
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHEROKEE, KS ... CRAWFORD, KS
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