A prime example happened Feb. 24 in South Dakota, when a brief tornado documented by a storm chaser spun up over an open field. An assessment by the NWS said it caused no damage and assigned the twister an EFU rating, making it the state's first February tornado on record.

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Potential cuts to funding and workforce now loom over a federal agency responsible for issuing severe weather alerts such as tornado warnings.

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The forecast on Monday hardly featured a chance of thunderstorms in South Dakota. So when a tornado touched down in Watertown in the eastern part of the state, it surprised even a seasoned storm chaser. The twister turned out to be South Dakota’s first February tornado on record — and it formed in the most unique of environments.