• 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.

07/21/08 REPORTS: MO/IL/IN

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Got a nice nocturnal wall cloud on a little supercell out ahead of the bow echo in central Illinois near Monticello around 10 PM.

The bow itself wasn't all I had hoped, but it seems I somehow dodged the worst of the winds with more significant reports coming in.

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I lost my power here in Kirkwood, MO when the gust front moved through St. Louis County this evening. Still don't have power a little over 4 hours later.
 
I caught a supercell and wall cloud near Prairie City IL. It really had some interesting cloud features. It had lots of little eddies that would come and go. The striations and the surrounding clouds were cool as well.

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I wished I had waited though and caught the hook near Oakford. That is near my house (though I spend most of my week in Bloomington). I got caught in the mush and could not find a good route south to catch it.

Here is Adam Pritchard and Brandon Sullivan leaving McComb on SpotterNetwork. That was my original target as well. I know that I passed one of you guys near the core. I saw it on SpotterNetwork before I lost SN.

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