• 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.

05/06/04 NOW: Great Lakes

1" hail reported by Petersburg Fire Department at 11:05. Monroe County SKYWARN net is being hampered by an open carrier for 5 minutes now. Unbelievable. Repeater just timed out. Hmmmm.... that seems to be more common over the past 2 years. Not quite sure who the A** is.
 
Well, with regards to my previous post, I didn't feel like chasing hail at night :) If I thought it had any tornadic potential, I wouldn't have thought twice. Tough call to make because it's only a 20 minute drive. If it could have been a more photogenic possibilty (read not 11pm), I would've headed out. Didn't really seem worth my time, as I'd rather 'armchair chase' from home on this one.
 
Nothing more than pea and dime sized reports out of the Monroe cell now. It'll be out over Lake Erie momentarily, and I'm off to bed. Looking forward to a better opportunity next time, whenever that is :evil:
 
Eta now brings the front farther north on Saturday - no need to even bother trying to forecast it's exact spot but hold out hopes for good storms from Sat til .........
 
What's up with the storm in Jackson Co?!?!?! Looks like that is going to be a hailer across northern Washtenaw...
 
Just got back from a 'check swing' chase toward northern Ohio. The northern Indiana cells looked like excellent lightning photo ops overnight as they moved into northern Ohio, and I started the drive north on I-77. As I reached Ripley WV, 40 miles from home, WxWorx showed reflectivity values dropping off quick, and I decided to turn around rather than drive the rest of the 250 miles. Lightning still looks intense around Findlay, though I think that will die off soon. Much better activity along the shores of Lake Erie, but that's a little too far for me tonight.

I'm curious if this little MCS will lay down an outflow boundary and fire off storms around or south of I-70. At any rate, I'm saving my chase miles and energy for tomorrow which will be closer to home.......
 
A new cell has fired just southeast of Dubuque in the northwest tip of IL. Cloud tops are cooling in IA as well.

With the LLJ strengthening, looks like it's about showtime.
 
Originally posted by Joel Wright
Unfortunately it looks like all we'll see here is elevated nocturnal convection as the cap in this area is very strong.

Well, it has begun. Looks like an elevated supercell about to sock Freeport. Lightning dectection indicates lots of CG activity. :shock:
 
No it's not over yet. In fact numerous small cells are beginning to pop all over the place. I look for these to become larger and organize into large clusters through the night. LLJ is still strengthening. It looks as though the 850mb front is the action zone. At the surface there is some moisture convergence as well near that front. Dewpoints jump from 41 at Waterloo to nearly 60 at Cedar Rapids.
 
(I guess this isn't 5/6 but close enough lol)

Just got woke up by rain and hail (about .88in) blowing in my window. Now that's a nice wake up call! Actually I kind of been drifting in and out of sleep for an hour due to thunder, but was too lazy to get up to check thinking that it was pretty weak stuff. To my surprise 70mph winds were reported just west in Muscatine, while here at my place we had EAST winds gusting to about 40.

The storms have organized into small clusters and are moving rather rappidly to the southeast along with the 850mb front.
 
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