My fear is that we’re going to look back 25 years from now and say, ‘This is when the progress stopped,’” one weather expert said.

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

"The reason the Texans had no idea that a giant flash-flood that killed 20 plus people was going to be coming to them was because the Trump regime has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA … both of those things are how we predict weather events like these," the video’s narrator said.

The Senate appropriations committee initially voted in favor of a bill rejecting Trump's NASA budget cuts, but discussions are still ongoing.

A Trump administration budget proposal for NOAA would slash funding for climate and earth sciences — including shuttering four Boulder-based labs and ending federal funding for two other

Trump budget cuts spark new hurricane season fears: 'A bad miss' A Miami TV meteorologist asked viewers to call Congress about NOAA's budget, fearing it harms hurricane forecasting.

At the 246th American Astronomical Society meeting in Alaska last month, scientists discussed how Trump's budget cuts could affect operations for the Hubble Space Telescope and JWST.

NOAA is facing more budget cuts as President Trump’s pick to lead the agency backs slashing funds. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur reports more from Capitol Hill. Founding Director of the Center for Disaster Preparedness Dr.