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  • 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.

11/15/05 Reports: Midwest, OH/TN Valleys

Scott Kampas, Andrew Pritchard and I chased the northern end of this system. We opted out of blasting into southern Indiana because of the terrain and waited for the second line to get its act together. It never blossomed like the first line but we still managed an intercept: a severe cell just north of Newton, IL in Jasper County. Radar showed very tight rotation for a couple of scans and we parked right under the couplet. Embedded in the precip though, we couldn't see jack. Tor warning was issued right about this time. Scott did an analysis when the damage survey came out. It looks like we were about a mile north of an F1 with a 10 mile track. We couldn't see the tornado through the rain and the video couldn't bring it out either, so its a good thing we weren't any further south as it pushed over a semi and brought down powerlines. We ran east a bit after the line passed us but after stopping to check data it was clear the chase was over. We headed home with orange mammatus and a double rainbow behind us. Not a bad run for November and we made the best of the storms we had in our area.
 
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