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Kentucky NWS Faced Staff Cuts Before Deadly Tornado Hit

Snopes on MSN · 9h

Trump admin cut weather service staff in Kentucky, where tornadoes killed 19. But there's more to the story

Additionally, there was no evidence that tornado sirens in the area had been deactivated by the Trump administration's budget cuts — if there was, the people affected by the storm certainly would have noted that fact in interviews.

USA TODAY on MSN · 18h

Kentucky NWS forecast office faced federal staffing cuts before deadly tornadoes hit

The Jackson, Kentucky, weather service office recently cut overnight staff but meteorologists were called in to handle the deadly tornado outbreak.

CNN on MSN · 2d

Short staffing at NWS in Kentucky did not affect tornado warnings for deadly storms, union says

The Jackson, Kentucky, office is one of at least four such facilities across the country that is so short-staffed that it is no longer routinely operating 24/7.

NWS, tornado and Kentucky

WLKY on MSN · 9h

NWS: One tornado ripped through all 3 Kentucky counties; rated as violent EF-4

The National Weather Service has finished its survey of the deadly tornado that ripped through southeastern Kentucky last week.

WHAS11 on MSN · 4h

NWS: Monster EF-4 tornado that hit Kentucky was nearly a mile wide

In an update Tuesday afternoon, officials said the tornado that traveled between Pulaski and Laurel counties was an EF-4 with peak winds of 170 mph. It was on the ground for more than 55 miles and was nearly a mile wide at its maximum width.

FOX 56 News on MSN · 8h

NWS confirms a nearly mile-wide EF-4 tornado hit southeastern Kentucky

The National Weather Service has released that the deadly tornado that impacted parts of Pulaski and Laurel counties over the weekend in Kentucky was an EF-4 tornado and was nearly a mile wide.

17h

How many tornadoes hit Kentucky? What we know as storm surveys continue

Meteorologists with the NWS Paducah office have also confirmed several tornadoes in its region the afternoon and evening of ...

5hon MSN

NWS confirms near mile-wide tornado tore through southern Kentucky

The National Weather Service has confirmed that a powerful EF-4 tornado tore through southern Kentucky on Friday night, ...

NWS confirms EF-4 tornado goes through multiple Ky counties during Friday’s storms

The NWS in Jackson, KY, said the track for the tornado in Russell, Pulaski and Laurel Counties was 55.6 miles long with a ...

18h

Severe storms to impact Kentucky following deadly tornadoes

The National Weather Service in Louisville is predicting possible severe weather for areas of the state on May 20, following ...

14hon MSN

Kentucky neighborhoods hit by tornado to evacuate ahead of next round of storms

Barbourville Road was down to one lane in front of Slate Hill Baptist Church just outside of London, Ky. in Laurel County ...

7hon MSN

Kentucky tornado updates: Mandatory evacuation order issued for some in Laurel County

In Louisville, storms are expected to arrive sometime between 5-8 p.m. Maps issued by NWS Louisville at 12:03 p.m. showed ...

18hon MSN

NWS assesses tornado damage in London, Kentucky

The preliminary data showed high end EF3 damage, with low end EF4 indicators, mainly in the Sunshine Hills area of London, ...

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