For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. 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. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southeastern Kansas...and southwestern and west central Missouri.

SVRSGF The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas... Crawford County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 915 PM CDT. * At 810 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Colony to near La Harpe to near Thayer, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pittsburg, Fort Scott, Frontenac, Girard, Arma, Marmaton, Cherokee, Mulberry, Chicopee, Mccune, Franklin, Bronson, Arcadia, Uniontown, Walnut, Fulton, Redfield, Hepler, Mapleton, and Burgess.