• 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.

06/09/04 NOW: CO, WY, NE, KS, OK

  • Thread starter Thread starter Larry J. Kosch
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Larry J. Kosch

NWS has issued a TORN watch for the high plains of CO, WY, NE and KS:

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SOUTHEAST WYOMING

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 140 PM UNTIL 800 PM MDT. TORNADOES, HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER, THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH, AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
Numerous (10 so far) severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued in the watch area. Post your storm discussions here. 8) LJK.

Update: The TORN watch is being replaced by a Severe Thunderstorm Watch directly to the east of the former TORN watch area. LJK.
 
A tornado has been reported East of Denver - also a MD has been issued on top of the watch box WRT to tornado outlook

* AT 417 PM MDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY
5 MILES NORTH OF BENNETT...OR ABOUT 33 MILES EAST OF DENVER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
Significant damage to a mobile home near Chandler, OK -- half the home was ripped in half. This was shown by Channel 9's chopper.
 
For any who are interested, as since OUN discussed it in a warning decision update, you can view both Terminal Doppler radar as well as Phased Array radar imagery online at http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/hondl/publi...wr_lowprf.shtml ... This page, as well as the PAR itself, is experimental and thus not always real-time... However, from my experience, the TDWR has been real-time.. Phased array is off and on, just as in OUN radar (OUN is NSSL's radar .... dual-pol if I'm not mistaken.. OKC's operational radar is KTLX).
 
Very classic tropical/mini-supercell event in Oklahoma. Really a good feel for what it must be like to watch the weather in Houston or Miami. Very difficult to warn for these, because the rotation tended to develop first at very low altitudes, increase quickly and then dissipate, all within a few minutes.

Looks like at least 3, possibly up to 5 brief tornadoes touched down -- one west of Chandler and one near Agra, probably near Lake Stanley Draper, and possibly touchdowns in Ada and Sasakwa.
 
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