• 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.

1974-06-08 OK/KS outbreak

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While of course far eclipsing all others until 4-27-2011, the Super Outbreak was not the only significant tornado event of 1974. Just two months later an outbreak occurred over the traditional Tornado Alley, and quite late in the season for such a significant event in that region. The final tally of 22 dead and 11 tornadoes rated F3+ would have been considered an exceptionally violent outbreak in most years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1974_Great_Plains_tornado_outbreak

Gary England has a description of working this outbreak from KWTV in his book "Weathering the Storm: Tornadoes, Television and Turmoil."
 
As we approach the 50th anniversary, I devote an entire chapter in Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather. https://www.amazon.com/Warnings-Sto...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1654270637&sr=1-1

That day, for the reasons I describe above, completely revolutionized television weather. I will be posting more as we get closer to the anniversary. BTW, the 8th this year is a Saturday as it was in 1974.
 
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