Andy Wehrle
EF5
Has GR Level 3 data been very slow all afternoon/currently down completely for anyone else, or just me?
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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.
2018-05-02 EVENT: TX/OK/KS/NE/IA/MO
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Randy Jennings
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I've had the same issue. Suspect it is the noaa feed, as radar scope has worked just fine. Maybe time to get an allison house feed.
Timothy Schaffer
EF0
Allison House via GRx is working fine.
Randy Jennings
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NOAa swrvers just over loaded today. I finally bit the bullet and subscribed to Allison House, and it fixed my problem (and gave me lots of other great features).
Andy Wehrle
EF5
They were working fine yesterday, with many more significant tornadic storms ongoing.
Jeff House
Supporter
Surface winds were backed enough, but not strong enough. VBV below 700 mb might have been an issue too. I really think the main issue was lack of stout inflow to the mesocyclones.
I am disappointed my US-160/US-54 boundary failed, but it was always subject to slop risk anyway. Frankly I'm shocked the Oklahoma OFB DL-bulge intersection failed. Glad it was a virtual chase.
SPC showed great restraint no 15% TOR. Also no PDS boxes. PDS requires 80% sig. tor. which they rightfully did not forecast. While the synoptic set-up was textbook, meso-scale details matter.
I am disappointed my US-160/US-54 boundary failed, but it was always subject to slop risk anyway. Frankly I'm shocked the Oklahoma OFB DL-bulge intersection failed. Glad it was a virtual chase.
SPC showed great restraint no 15% TOR. Also no PDS boxes. PDS requires 80% sig. tor. which they rightfully did not forecast. While the synoptic set-up was textbook, meso-scale details matter.
I think if you were looking critically at this setup you could see possible failure modes (although I wouldn't call the event a failure exactly, as there were tornadoes and mesocyclones). Some VB above the PBL along with some capping to the east and early initiation + storm competition made this a less-than-incredible setup.
It takes a lot more than a "textbook" shaped trough with some moisture to get a big tornado outbreak, although such troughs and moisture are usually a fair guarantee of at least widespread severe (wind + hail).
It takes a lot more than a "textbook" shaped trough with some moisture to get a big tornado outbreak, although such troughs and moisture are usually a fair guarantee of at least widespread severe (wind + hail).
