Tornado warnings issued in South
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told residents in the state to "stay alert" on Friday morning as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a number of tornado warnings.
Boyle Green, Hart, Marion and Taylor counties were previously under tornado warnings from the storm. As of 7:21 a.m. there was an active tornado warning for Garrard, Jessamine and
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.
Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
Meteorologists had been tracking the “marginal” storm system that slammed into Washington County Friday morning, killing at least one and injuring seven.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told residents in the state to "stay alert" on Friday morning as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a number of tornado warnings.