• 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.

2016-07-15 REPORTS: CO/KS/TX/OK

Dan Ross

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Machesney Park, IL
Headed out the door initially targeting Burlington, CO since cold outflow from overnight/morning convection in Nebraska was pushing about that far south. Cells started to pop about around 1:00pm, with the most robust updraft near the KS border. It assumed supercell structure right away and was feeding on 60+ dew points advecting from the east at 10-15 knots. I struggled to get into position for a bit, having positioned myself a bit far north. Outflow was stirring up a lot of dirt out there near Cheyenne Wells, CO. A dissipating dust devil can be seen just ahead of the gust front:
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By 3:00pm MDT a new cell was exploding right on the KS border north of Holly, CO. It would go tornado warned as I approached it from the west. Preceding the tornado that touched down WNW of Syracuse, KS was an intense bout of CG strikes in the vicinity of the updraft:

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Not long after, I observed some intense sinking motion to my northeast as the RFD began to wrap. I viewed the tornado from within the hook, letting it cross Hwy 50/400 to my east. A satellite formed briefly, as well:
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It grew larger as it moved off to the south, with more precip obscuring my view. Didn't see too many other chasers out there, everyone was on the east side looking west, probably being safer than myself. I don't usually position myself in the hook like this, but once it was forming I opted to "weather" the RFD rather than cut in front of the tornado.

Here's a link to my video from that day:

 
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