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Cathy Wurzer

Making a monster: How the 1998 storm formed

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Twenty years ago this week, a huge storm sent hail and more than a dozen tornadoes swirling across southern Minnesota.

How did it form?

To find out, Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Mark Seeley, a professor emeritus of climatology at the University of Minnesota.