⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Crawford; Cherokee – Friday, June 26, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued June 26 at 2:32AM CDT by NWS Springfield MO

Details

At 232 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Mccune to 6 miles southwest of West
Mineral to near Chetopa. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Pittsburg, Baxter Springs, Frontenac, Columbus, Galena, Cherokee,
Weir, Lowell, Sherman, Scammon, Chicopee, Mccune, West Mineral,
Treece, Roseland, Neutral, Melrose, Beulah, Riverton, and Yale.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.