{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.e6be14a173188cbeecc4fcb6f8b70aa8739eb73a.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 6:06PM CDT until May 18 at 6:45PM 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.e6be14a173188cbeecc4fcb6f8b70aa8739eb73a.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":241,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 6:06PM CDT until May 18 at 6:45PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Atchison, MO; Holt, MO; Nodaway, MO\n**Issued by:** NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO\n**Sent:** 2026-05-18T18:06:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-18T18:06:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-18T18:45:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nSVREAX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nEastern Atchison County in northwestern Missouri...\nNorthern Holt County in northwestern Missouri...\nNodaway County in northwestern Missouri...\n\n* Until 645 PM CDT.\n\n* At 605 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line\nextending from Hopkins to 6 miles northwest of Craig, moving east\nat 25 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Emergency management.\n\nIMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail\ndamage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect\nconsiderable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to\nmobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nMaryville, Tarkio, Fairfax, Burlington Junction, Hopkins, Maitland,\nSkidmore, Craig, Braddyville, Blanchard, Clearmont, Elmo,\nPickering, Quitman, and Corning.\n\nThis includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 90 and 106.\n\n## Instructions\nRemain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly\nfrom severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the\nbasement or small central room in a sturdy structure.\n\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nA Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern\nMissouri."}