The National Weather Service released a tornado warning at 8:26 p.m. on Monday in effect until 9 p.m. for Platte County.

The agency's office in Jackson, Kentucky, had begun closing nightly as deep cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency began hitting. But the weather service kept staffers on overtime Friday night to stay on top of the deadly storms, which killed nearly 20 people in the Jackson office's forecast area.

Did alerts go out? What type of alerts did people receive? National Weather Service and others have said the Jackson office was staffed Friday night despite staffing shortages.

A storm front that moved into Colorado on Sunday afternoon brought strong winds and spawned multiple tornadoes.

A tornado warning was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX on Sunday at 9:36 p.m. in effect until 10:15 p.m. for Collin and Denton counties.

Severe storms Monday afternoon hit the Kansas City metro with heavy rain, large hail, strong winds, and flash flood warnings in Kansas and Missouri. Over 1.8M people affected.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Jefferson County, Missouri, until 8:45 p.m. Monday.

The mayor's acknowledgement on Monday confirms what St. Louisans had suspected and feared: Residents were not given a warning for the first deadly tornado in the city since 1959.

Tornadoes struck the Midwest over the weekend, hitting cities and towns in Kansas and Missouri. And one snarl on I-70 left experts concerned about tornado safety.

A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service at 7:20 p.m. and is set to expire at 7:45 p.m. We'll be livestreaming storm coverage on our website in the webplayer above. The warning has been extended until 8:15 p.

Beyond tornados, severe thunderstorms are also possible and could bring damaging winds, hail, and flash flooding, according to NWS.