{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.c04214ac54b48e2b0a8c656628b6a7763de87e48.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 3:51PM CDT until May 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka 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.c04214ac54b48e2b0a8c656628b6a7763de87e48.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Topeka KS"},"word_count":142,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued May 18 at 3:51PM CDT until May 18 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Brown, KS; Clay, KS; Cloud, KS; Dickinson, KS; Geary, KS; Jackson, KS; Marshall, KS; Morris, KS; Nemaha, KS; Ottawa, KS; Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS; Washington, KS\n**Issued by:** NWS Topeka KS\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T15:51:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T15:51:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T20:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTORNADO WATCH 222 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR\nTHE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL KANSAS\n\nDICKINSON\n\nIN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS\n\nGEARY                 MORRIS\n\nIN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS\n\nCLAY                  CLOUD                 OTTAWA\nWASHINGTON\n\nIN NORTHEAST KANSAS\n\nBROWN                 JACKSON               MARSHALL\nNEMAHA                POTTAWATOMIE          RILEY\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABILENE, BENNINGTON, BLUE RAPIDS,\nCLAY CENTER, CLIFTON, CONCORDIA, COUNCIL GROVE, FRANKFORT,\nGREENLEAF, HANOVER, HERINGTON, HIAWATHA, HOLTON, HORTON,\nJUNCTION CITY, LINN, MANHATTAN, MARYSVILLE, MINNEAPOLIS, SABETHA,\nSENECA, ST. MARYS, WAMEGO, AND WASHINGTON."}