US EditionStaff cuts forced this forecast office to shut overnight. Then, a tornado hit.
- On Friday, staff at the Jackson, Kentucky branch of the National Weather Service worked through the night to issue tornado warnings before deadly storms struck Pulaski and Laurel Counties.
- The office had stopped routinely operating 24/7 due to severe staff shortages caused by federal personnel cuts under the Trump administration.
- Jackson is one of at least four NWS offices nationwide with critically low staffing, facing a 31% meteorologist vacancy rate that complicates covering severe weather threats.
- Tom Fahy, union legislative director, said shortages did not affect warning accuracy, while NOAA plans to transfer 155 meteorologists to understaffed offices including Jackson.
- Spreading staff shortages could force more forecast offices to reduce or stop 24/7 operations, increasing risks of forecast misses during severe weather and hurricane seasons.
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