Severe storms damaged homes, businesses, and power lines across Oklahoma, with the worst impacts in Pittsburg and Muskogee counties.

Much of the state is expected to experience a moderate risk of tornadoes with a current severe thunderstorm warning in effect.

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.

Oklahoma tornado watch is in effect for many counties until Monday evening. Live updates and video as News 9 tracks the severe weather risk.

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — National Weather Service (NWS) teams are surveying possible tornado damage left in the wake of severe storms that hit parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma on May 19. The organization confirmed on Tuesday that multiple tornadoes did occur a day prior and that the surveys will take time.

A security camera caught the moment a police cruiser was struck by lightning as severe weather rolled through Oklahoma on Monday. CBS News senior weather correspondent Rob Marciano has a look at the damage in Oklahoma,

Instead of parking beneath an overpass, experts recommend exiting the highway to find more suitable shelter. Should you find yourself stuck in traffic, NOAA says you may need to park your car safely, get out, and find a sturdy building for shelter.

The National Weather Service encourages people to have multiple ways of being warned, which can include weather radios, a cellphone app or other methods