• 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.

05/09/04 NOW: MI, WI, MN, NE, SD

  • Thread starter Thread starter Larry J. Kosch
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Here's the decision guys like Amos, Mike. P., and others have to make.....

Does that cell near Vermillion SD stay on the Iowa side of the MO River, or the NE side?? The bad thing about this area is that you have 3 bridges where you can cross the river, but south of Sioux City, you have to go clear to Blair, NE. Pick the wrong side, and you're stuck with it for 70 miles. Ugh... I'm sure Mike Hollingshead has had this fun little diliemma several times. ;)

This cell looks like it's definitely the most chaseable of the bunch, and it should have free reign before that line back to the west gets a hold of it.
 
My guess would be that the best viewpoint of this particular cell would be on the Nebraska side of the MO River. Mike H. was right.....this bad boy is coming right down the river.
 
The tornado warning storm way up in northeast Nebraska is not moving and even back building to the west. With only 15 to 25 knots of mid level winds the mid level storm relative winds are 20 to 30kts.

I love chasing these storms, hardly moving beasts! Hope someone is on it, Mike P?? Send pics.
 
That is the sweetest radar animation, Mike G. - - wow - I love going back through and reading this play-by-play after the fact. The interesting thing about that animation ... the core of that storm was sitting dead center over the top of a local highway off of I-29 ... since a person had to go a ways west to catch up with the inflow, that meant that the ONLY way out was back through the core ... what a nightmare ride. Was trying to carry on a conversation with Kiesling and drive through the most torrential rain/hail ever ... was locked in 4x4 the whole time - still scary ... thanks for posting that.
 
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