• 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.

1984-04-27: Wisconsin

rachelgkonkle

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Today is the 35th anniversary of this outbreak across Wisconsin, which was the weather event that piqued my interest in severe storms. I was eight years old and living in Appleton when one of the killer tornadoes struck on the other side of town. Between this event and the Barneveld tornado a few weeks later, I was hooked on storms and checked out every weather book from the library that summer!

The WFOs in Green Bay and Milwaukee have sites with information about the April 1984 outbreak:

April 27, 1984 Tornado Outbreak
Wales Tornado - April 27, 1984
 
Another example of an early season outbreak which produced tornadoes surprisingly far north and also east in Wisconsin, given how the stabilizing influence of the still winter-cooled Lake Michigan usually negatively impacts severe convective weather in a classic synoptic pattern with a low to the west producing backed (southeasterly) surface winds.
 
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