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Meteorology professors explain how dangerous tornadoes form

By Paul Markowski and Yvette Richardson, The Conversation From Business Insider Most headline-making tornadoes are spawned by what are known as supercell thunderstorms. These are large, intense storms characterized by an updraft (rising air) that rotates. Thunderstorms develop when warm,…