• 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.

1982-05-29 Marion, IL F4 Tornado

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Since the 80's seem under-represented in the historical weather events, I thought I would add this one.

This event occurred when I was 6, and is the first Tornado I ever saw. I credit this event, along with a Derecho on July 1, 1980 as the main seeds of my interest in severe weather.

I was about 2 miles west of this tornado at a local campground when I saw it. Since it was a classic Supercell, instead of the normal HP beasts we seem to get around here, it was rain-free under the meso and you could see it from all directions for a good distance. There is even a picture taken from the south part of Herrin, IL in the photo section, which shows no rain curtains. That means you could even see it clearly from almost 3 miles north of the track.

Here is a nice write up by the PAH WFO.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/?n=1982_index
 
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