• 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.

06/15/09 DISC: NE/KS

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First off, congrats to Mike H and any others who bagged the TOR near Hastings NE Monday evening!

I was on shift at the WFO and we observed the low-hanging wall cloud from the office, about 15 miles to the SW. Soon, the storm shifted too far south and we lost sight of it in the rain before the TOR formed. The TOR actually dropped about 12 miles WSW of the office, marking the closest call Hastings has had with a legitimate TOR since probably 5/22/04. Preliminary reports indicate only center pivots were damaged, but this thing "looked" pretty strong based on photos.

As of 300 AM this morning, the only photos I have come across are via the KHAS-TV website, but I'm sure there are/will be others.

http://new.khastv.com/modules/xcgal/displayimage.php?pid=1889&fullsize=1

http://new.khastv.com/modules/xcgal/displayimage.php?pid=1906&fullsize=1
 
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Nice job by the Hastings office (kind of miss the place myself)! Kudo's to Walker for his successful chase. Seeing his pics near Roseland reminded me of his young "protege" :)
 
Rather than start a new 15th thread for KS maybe a MOD can add KS to the topic.

After fueling yesterday in Florence I was playing catch up with the Cell and before I pushed into it I shot a couple of quick shots while tooling around trying to get my radar updated and having noticed something of interest (Note right side):



Cropped:



Sometimes I think we miss things when we get in a hurry!

Opinions?
 
Saw the very same feature way off in the distance Jim....was in right place and right time to be a bonafide funnel at very least. Then nearly had tornadogenesis right on top of me south of Cottonwood Falls (Chase Co.). I think it ingested too much rain messed up air to drop a tornado but it was a close call.
 
Saw the very same feature way off in the distance Jim....was in right place and right time to be a bonafide funnel at very least. Then nearly had tornadogenesis right on top of me south of Cottonwood Falls (Chase Co.). I think it ingested too much rain messed up air to drop a tornado but it was a close call.

Considering that I shot that wide at 18mm it was pretty close to me so considering the distance down it would have been close to the ground but no way to know unless one of the others chasing that got on the South side of the river and could verify.

And Yes the ICT office contacted me about the use of those pics. :)
 
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