{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.ea770cfc8380c429385bfa1a0b87e133b7d05f52.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued June 8 at 3:12PM CDT until June 8 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-06-08","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.ea770cfc8380c429385bfa1a0b87e133b7d05f52.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Wichita KS"},"word_count":94,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued June 8 at 3:12PM CDT until June 8 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Barton, KS; Ellsworth, KS; Lincoln, KS; Rice, KS; Russell, KS\n**Issued by:** NWS Wichita KS\n**Sent:** 2026-06-08T15:12:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-06-08T15:12:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-06-08T22:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 287 IN\nEFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL KANSAS\n\nBARTON                ELLSWORTH             LINCOLN\nRICE                  RUSSELL\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ELLSWORTH, GREAT BEND, LINCOLN,\nLYONS, RUSSELL, STERLING, SYLVAN GROVE, AND WILSON."}