{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.a041e6f8b06c16437b3fcac09ee08ee52eb89b8d.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 3:52PM CDT until May 18 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO","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.a041e6f8b06c16437b3fcac09ee08ee52eb89b8d.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO"},"word_count":162,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 3:52PM CDT until May 18 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Atchison, KS; Doniphan, KS; Andrew, MO; Atchison, MO; Buchanan, MO; Daviess, MO; DeKalb, MO; Gentry, MO; Harrison, MO; Holt, MO; Nodaway, MO; Worth, MO\n**Issued by:** NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T15:52:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T15:52:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T22:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 225 IN\nEFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES\n\nIN NORTHEAST KANSAS\n\nATCHISON              DONIPHAN\n\nIN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES\n\nIN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI\n\nDAVIESS               HARRISON\n\nIN NORTHWEST MISSOURI\n\nANDREW                ATCHISON              BUCHANAN\nDEKALB                GENTRY                HOLT\nNODAWAY               WORTH\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBANY, ATCHISON, BETHANY,\nCLARKSDALE, COUNTRY CLUB VILLA, CRAIG, ELWOOD, FAIRFAX,\nFOREST CITY, GALLATIN, GRANT CITY, HIGHLAND, JAMESPORT,\nKING CITY, MAITLAND, MARYVILLE, MAYSVILLE, MOUND CITY, OREGON,\nOSBORN, ROCK PORT, SAVANNAH, ST. JOSEPH, ST. JOSEPH AIRPORT,\nSTANBERRY, STEWARTSVILLE, TARKIO, TROY, UNION STAR, AND WATHENA."}