{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.a702a865119f4c9b2daed2a1c6c96733445ac022.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 20 at 6:55PM EDT until May 20 at 9:00PM 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.a702a865119f4c9b2daed2a1c6c96733445ac022.002.1","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":186,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 20 at 6:55PM EDT until May 20 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Buchanan, VA; Dickenson, VA; Boone, WV; Braxton, WV; Clay, WV; Fayette, WV; Kanawha, WV; Lewis, WV; Logan, WV; McDowell, WV; Mingo, WV; Nicholas, WV; Pocahontas, WV; Raleigh, WV; Randolph, WV; Upshur, WV; Webster, WV; Wyoming, 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:** 2026-05-20T21:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 236 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS\nEVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES\n\nIN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA\n\nBUCHANAN              DICKENSON\n\nIN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA\n\nBRAXTON               CLAY                  NICHOLAS\nWEBSTER\n\nIN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA\n\nLEWIS                 POCAHONTAS            RANDOLPH\nUPSHUR\n\nIN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA\n\nBOONE                 FAYETTE               KANAWHA\nLOGAN                 MCDOWELL              MINGO\nRALEIGH               WYOMING\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BECKLEY, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK,\nBUCKHANNON, BURNSVILLE, CHAPMANVILLE, CHARLESTON, CLAY,\nCLINTWOOD, COWEN, CRAIGSVILLE, DAVENPORT, ELKINS, FAYETTEVILLE,\nGARY, GASSAWAY, GRUNDY, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, HURLEY, LOGAN,\nMADISON, MAN, MARLINTON, MULLENS, OAK HILL, OCEANA, PINEVILLE,\nRICHWOOD, SAINT ALBANS, SOUTH CHARLESTON, SUMMERSVILLE, SUTTON,\nVANSANT, WAR, WEBSTER SPRINGS, WELCH, WESTON, AND WILLIAMSON."}