Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in Texas left more than 100 dead.

Now Neil Jacobs, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees NWS, says that he’ll make “staffing the Weather Service offices a top priority” if he’s confirmed.

Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.