The Jackson, Kentucky office is one of a growing number of forecast offices unable to cover an overnight shift since the Trump administration cut staffing levels through buyouts and firings.

Kentucky could see some severe storms overnight Monday into Tuesday. However, the risk of more severe storms is looming for Tuesday afternoon.

At least three emergency orders were issued in 2024; three were also issued in 2023, five in 2022, two in 2021 and one in 2020. A violent wave of Friday storms and a tornado has killed at least 19 people in Southern Kentucky.

WLWT Louisville news affiliate WLKY flew a helicopter over Russell, Pulaski, and Laurel counties on Sunday to document the scope of destruction from Friday night's tornado.WLKY's crew traced a path from where the preliminary EF-2 to EF-3 tornado touched down near Russell Springs in Russell County all the way to London in Laurel County.

More severe storms are expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people

The storms were part of a weather system on Friday that killed 19 people in Kentucky, seven in Missouri and at least one person in Virginia.

A violent, tornado-spawning storm system tore across the central US, leaving at least 25 people dead in Missouri and southeastern Kentucky as it cut a path of destruction through several states.

Aerial video footage from areas in the South and Midwest, including Kentucky, show a trail of destruction left by devastating storms and tornadoes.