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Residents are assessing the damage and cleaning up in Buffalo Lake. The small town in west central Minnesota was hit hard by a tornado during the series of storms that struck the state. Many amateur radio operators were out looking for bad weather during those storms. The operators are part of Skywarn, a nonprofit organization made up of volunteers in the metro area who are trained to look for dangerous weather and alert the National Weather Service when they see it. 

 host Cathy Wurzer talked with Bill Hughes, a Skywarn spotter and spotter instructor.

Residents are assessing the damage and cleaning up in Buffalo Lake. The small town in west central Minnesota was hit hard by a tornado during the series of storms that struck the state. Many amateur radio operators were out looking for bad weather during those storms. The operators are part of Skywarn, a nonprofit organization made up of volunteers in the metro area who are trained to look for dangerous weather and alert the National Weather Service when they see it. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Bill Hughes, a Skywarn spotter and spotter instructor.


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