{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.79e87ec8dc08cfb3b0990d2b6a8d32f57760d456.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 20 at 6:55PM EDT until May 20 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.79e87ec8dc08cfb3b0990d2b6a8d32f57760d456.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Charleston WV"},"word_count":125,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 20 at 6:55PM EDT until May 20 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Braxton, WV; Lewis, WV; Randolph, WV; Upshur, WV; Webster, WV\n**Issued by:** NWS Charleston WV\n**Sent:** 2026-05-20T18:55:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-20T18:55:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-20T19:30:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 655 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from 8 miles west of Rock Cave to near Holly River State\nPark, moving east at 30 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nRock Cave, Holly River State Park, Walkersville, Hacker Valley,\nKanawha Head, Ireland, Eden, Pickens, Cleveland, and Falls Mills.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding."}