As a storm system approached Jackson, in Southeastern Kentucky, on May 16, a few individuals agreed to work double shifts to make sure timely warnings continued during the overnight hours, said Tom Fahy, legislative director for the National Weather Service Employees Organization.

That includes one in Cheyenne, Wyo. The staff is currently down by almost half because of the federal hiring freeze and funding cuts, so it’s shutting down operations between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

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.

A “gustnado” — a tornado-like whirlwind more common to the Plains than South Jersey — swirled in Gloucester County Friday with winds up to 105 mph, the National Weather Service said Monday.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of the Kansas City metro ahead of a strong line of storms expected to impact the area Monday afternoon.

While speaking with News 2, Hurley admitted that the timing of this maintenance is unfortunate but it was chosen months ago.

"A maturing central U.S. storm system is expected to produce another round of dangerous severe weather and instances of flash flooding today," the National Weather Service warned Monday. The forecast discussion added that "from a broader perspective," locally heavy rain was forecast to reach from the northern Plains to Texas.

Severe storms are expected to erupt across a wide swath of Texas late Monday — from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to East Texas.