{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.1908c002b1c43fbe2aa9bf15fdf77a77abaff6c5.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 5:57PM CDT until May 18 at 6:45PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.1908c002b1c43fbe2aa9bf15fdf77a77abaff6c5.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Dodge City KS"},"word_count":174,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 5:57PM CDT until May 18 at 6:45PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Pratt, KS; Stafford, KS\n**Issued by:** NWS Dodge City KS\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T17:57:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T17:57:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T18:45:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nSVRDDC\n\nThe National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nSoutheastern Stafford County in south central Kansas...\nNortheastern Pratt County in south central Kansas...\n\n* Until 645 PM CDT.\n\n* At 557 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stafford,\nmoving east at 50 mph.  Another storm was located near Iuka moving\neast at 50 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage\nto roofs, siding, and trees.\n\n* This severe thunderstorm will be near...\nStafford around 600 PM CDT.\nZenith around 605 PM CDT.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nA Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central\nKansas."}