• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

01-16-2023 REPORTS: IA

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Chased a very marginal cold core tornado setup today in Eastern Iowa with Jesse Risley and Kholby Martin. Ended up scoring a wedge tornado near Williamsburg, Iowa around 2pm. Noted a wall cloud shortly before 2pm north of North English and then noted what appeared to be a possible tornado on the ground before getting further confirmation of a wedge in progress. Crossed the damage path twice, once on rural roads SW of Williamsburg, IA and then again on I-80 moving E where tree damage was done, along with damage to a sign, and a flipped truck.

As far as I can tell this was the first tornado warned event since 1986 (when records began being kept on warnings) in the state of Iowa. My shots are less than stellar as we battled poor roads, however for Mid January, I will most certainly take it.

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Wall cloud with multiple vortices below it south of Williamsburg, Iowa around 2pm this afternoon.

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Large tornado on the ground outside of Williamsburg, Iowa around 2pm with a lot of chaotic motion and multiple vortices.

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Distant wedge tornado moving back into the rain near Williamsburg, Iowa. Likely crossing I-80 at this time. The LCLs here were very low, we were right on the warm front with temperatures in the 50s.

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Later while back-tracking through the damage path we came across a significant amount of hail accumulation N of Williamsburg, Iowa. Most of it was sub-severe type hail (less than 1"). And that wraps up storm chase #1 of the 2023 season.
 
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