{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.917378838b79653cb6cd48975941f5b22e56e086.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 5:18PM CDT until May 18 at 10:00PM 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%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.917378838b79653cb6cd48975941f5b22e56e086.002.1","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":111,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 5:18PM CDT until May 18 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Barber, KS; Clark, KS; Comanche, KS; Edwards, KS; Kiowa, KS; Pawnee, KS; Pratt, KS; Stafford, KS\n**Issued by:** NWS Dodge City KS\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T17:18:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T17:18:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T20:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTORNADO WATCH 224 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR\nTHE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES\n\nIN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS\n\nBARBER                COMANCHE              EDWARDS\nKIOWA                 PAWNEE                PRATT\nSTAFFORD\n\nIN SOUTHWEST KANSAS\n\nCLARK\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASHLAND, COLDWATER, GREENSBURG,\nHAVILAND, KINSLEY, KIOWA, LAKE COLDWATER, LARNED, LEWIS,\nMACKSVILLE, MEDICINE LODGE, MINNEOLA, PRATT, PROTECTION,\nST. JOHN, AND STAFFORD."}