• 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.

05/14/04 NOW: Great Lakes

rdale

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Embedded cell in SW Mich riding up the front and rapidly developed a strong circulation, 60-70kts of shear across it! Tops only 20-25K, not the best environment for storm spotting!
 
Just southwest of Kazoo right now... The circulation has broadened out just a bit, and IWX just cancelled the severe for Cass with no reports.
 
The watch kind of caught me by surprise, I thought maybe we were just in for a rainy day. Not that the contrast in temps isn't sufficient, but it just seemed to stall out just west of me. We haven't seen the sun all day, but the heating is still in place. I guess we'll see what happens.
 
I surveyed the damage from the Clinton Co TOR -- it came from a cell which had been showing mid-level rotation and occasional low-level forever. By the time it transitioned into a line / bow then it dropped an F0 over Clinton Co, quiet over Gratiot and an F1 over Saginaw!
 
I was somewhat surprised by that...But it does make a little sense. The storm moved into an area of SSE winds, rather than the SSW/SW winds a bit further west. The VAD from DTX also showed good backing as well, with a 50knt jet at ~5K feet. I think if instability would have been higher, a pretty good outbreak would have occured across MI yesterday...

Now our next event to watch is this upcoming Monday or Tuesday...Should I make a thread?

Robert
 
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