NWS Springfield MOSV.W 0400September 12, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cherokee, KS
The National Weather Service office in Springfield issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cherokee in Kansas, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on September 12. It was the 400th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Springfield issued in 2026. Kansas had 142 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 72 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Springfield MO
- Area
- Cherokee
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:45 p.m. CDT, September 12, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. CDT, September 12, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KSGF SV.W 0400
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 745 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Girard to near Mccune, moving southeast at 40 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... Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Cherokee, Weir, Lowell, Sherman, Scammon, West Mineral, Treece, Roseland, Neutral, Melrose, Riverton, Lawton, Carona, Hallowell, Skidmore, Sherwin, and Faulkner.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 20081,225 a year
- Every warning type in Kansas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels