• 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.

1/21/10 NOW: FL

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Just a real messy mass in N. FL but there is high helicity, up to 750/800 on the panhandle as well as 2500 SB CAPE offshore to the SW though on land range looks to stay mainly between 500-1000 based on the WRF expectations for 18-00Z as well as helicity maintaining 300-400 throughout the day at least in the N. section near GA border. One tornado warning currently right to the North of Crawfordville. SPC does have a moderate (40%) expectation for the tornado watch for 2 or more tornadoes. No reports so far but there was 1.75 inch hail near Crawfordville. GR3 also shows some rotation in the tornado-warned area but not that impressive.

*Tornado-warning over now. As day warms maybe some further intensifying and perhaps some storms might form ahead of the general area of convection as it advances southward.

Area forecast discussion summarizes threat as just straight-line winds mainly:
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MORNING SOUNDINGS AND MODEL
OUTPUT CONTINUE TO SHOW STRONG 500MB FLOW OVER THE REGION AROUND
40-50 KTS AND AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NORTH STRENGTHENING TO 45 KTS. THIS COMBINED WITH MARGINAL CAPE
VALUES AROUND 500-1000 J/KG WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
STRONG/MARGINAL SEVERE STORMS NW OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR WITH GREATEST
THREAT BEING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS FROM LATE AFT TOWARDS EARLY
EVE.
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Hey, did anybody notice this in the 1:57 CST update to the convective outlook?
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LARGE/STRONG SUPERCELL -- WHICH PRODUCED ONE OR MORE APPARENT
TORNADOES IN THE PAST 1-2 HOURS -- IS NOW MOVING OFF OF COASTAL ST.
JOHNS CO FL. A TRAILING LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS WWD ACROSS THE NRN
FL PENINSULA...AND WHILE SURFACE FLOW HAS VEERED IN THE WAKE OF THE
PRIOR STORM...SOME SEVERE THREAT REMAINS NEAR AND S OF THE ONGOING
W-E LINE. WHILE THE MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL
MAINTAIN A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THIS REGION
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Haven't heard about those tornadoes. Anybody on that storm earlier? Still at the office here till 8PM.
 
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A couple new tornado warnings, including cell near Deltona heading NE:
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AT 438 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DE BARY..

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
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isolated cell west of Kissimee perhaps might develop.
*update, ok, so that isolated cell didn't develop which suggests the energy is petering out as we're getting towards dark, though there's a storm coming on the gulf side with some mild rotation heading NE past New Port Richey.
 
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Jeff, thanks for the link. There is a nice video clip from a tower cam of a funnel cloud, then power flashes below along with some uploaded stills of the tornado from viewers in Huntsville.

Still a tornado watchbox in southern Arizona but the radar echos aren't very impressive. I'm more worried about flash flooding.

Bill Hark
 
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