{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.7d4c11fe6fdf3816ea181ece9d3979e6a8028671.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 12 at 5:40PM CDT until June 13 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-06-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.7d4c11fe6fdf3816ea181ece9d3979e6a8028671.001.1","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":183,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 12 at 5:40PM CDT until June 13 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Barber, KS; Clark, KS; Comanche, KS; Edwards, KS; Finney, KS; Ford, KS; Grant, KS; Gray, KS; Hamilton, KS; Haskell, KS; Hodgeman, KS; Kearny, KS; Kiowa, KS; Meade, KS; Morton, KS; Pawnee, KS; Pratt, KS; Seward, KS; Stafford, KS; Stanton, KS; Stevens, KS\n**Issued by:** NWS Dodge City KS\n**Sent:** 2026-06-12T17:40:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-06-12T17:40:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-06-13T01:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH\n323 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE\nFOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES\n\nIN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS\n\nBARBER                COMANCHE              EDWARDS\nKIOWA                 PAWNEE                PRATT\nSTAFFORD\n\nIN SOUTHWEST KANSAS\n\nCLARK                 FINNEY                FORD\nGRANT                 GRAY                  HAMILTON\nHASKELL               HODGEMAN              KEARNY\nMEADE                 MORTON                SEWARD\nSTANTON               STEVENS\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, CIMARRON, COLDWATER,\nDEERFIELD, DODGE CITY, ELKHART, FOWLER, GARDEN CITY, GREENSBURG,\nHANSTON, HAVILAND, HUGOTON, JETMORE, JOHNSON CITY, KINSLEY,\nKIOWA, LAKE COLDWATER, LAKIN, LARNED, LEWIS, LIBERAL, MACKSVILLE,\nMEADE, MEDICINE LODGE, MINNEOLA, MONTEZUMA, PLAINS CITY, PRATT,\nPROTECTION, SATANTA, ST. JOHN, STAFFORD, SUBLETTE, SYRACUSE,\nAND ULYSSES."}