{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.44dbf3e092407bdd806b26f94e94670b2f6f19cd.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 4:36PM CDT until May 19 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Norman OK","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.44dbf3e092407bdd806b26f94e94670b2f6f19cd.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Norman OK"},"word_count":225,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 4:36PM CDT until May 19 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Norman OK\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Alfalfa, OK; Beckham, OK; Blaine, OK; Caddo, OK; Comanche, OK; Cotton, OK; Custer, OK; Dewey, OK; Ellis, OK; Greer, OK; Harmon, OK; Harper, OK; Jackson, OK; Kiowa, OK; Major, OK; Roger Mills, OK; Tillman, OK; Washita, OK; Woods, OK; Woodward, OK; Archer, TX; Baylor, TX; Foard, TX; Hardeman, TX; Knox, TX; Wichita, TX; Wilbarger, TX\n**Issued by:** NWS Norman OK\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T16:36:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T16:36:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 226 IN\nEFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES\n\nIN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA\n\nALFALFA               BLAINE                DEWEY\nELLIS                 HARPER                MAJOR\nWOODS                 WOODWARD\n\nIN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA\n\nCADDO                 COMANCHE              COTTON\nGREER                 HARMON                JACKSON\nKIOWA                 TILLMAN\n\nIN WESTERN OKLAHOMA\n\nBECKHAM               CUSTER                ROGER MILLS\nWASHITA\n\nIN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES\n\nIN NORTHERN TEXAS\n\nARCHER                BAYLOR                FOARD\nHARDEMAN              KNOX                  WICHITA\nWILBARGER\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALTUS, ALVA, ANADARKO, ARCHER CITY,\nARNETT, BUFFALO, BURNS FLAT, CARMEN, CHEROKEE, CHEYENNE, CLINTON,\nCORDELL, CROWELL, ELK CITY, FAIRVIEW, FARGO, FREDERICK, GAGE,\nGEARY, GRANITE, HAMMON, HELENA, HINTON, HOBART, HOLLIDAY, HOLLIS,\nKNOX CITY, LAKESIDE CITY, LAVERNE, LAWTON, LEEDEY, MANGUM,\nMUNDAY, OKEENE, QUANAH, SAYRE, SCOTLAND, SEILING, SENTINEL,\nSEYMOUR, SHATTUCK, SHEPPARD AFB, SNYDER, TALOGA, TEMPLE, VERNON,\nVICI, WALTERS, WATONGA, WEATHERFORD, WICHITA FALLS, AND WOODWARD."}