Days after a tornado touched down in Holden, National Weather Service forecasters are set to visit the Central Massachusetts town to get an up-close look at the damage the Saturday storm caused.

The National Weather Service announced Wednesday it has expanded its real-time flood mapping tool to cover about 60% of the U.S. population, double its coverage from a year ago.

While most of the Tampa Bay area is asleep, the National Weather Service forecast office in Ruskin is wide awake, keeping watch of overnight weather and disseminating essential forecasts for the day ahead.

The Greater Lake Tahoe Area and Western Nevada Basin and Range including Pyramid Lake are the focus of an updated lake wind advisory issued at 9:42 a.m. on Monday by the National Weather Service.

Cuts to the federal weather forecasting agency have been criticized in the wake of a deadly flooding event in Texas, where local offices were understaffed.

A report was issued from the NWS Eureka CA on Monday at 12:29 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 1 p.m. for Northern Trinity.