• 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.

2019-06-16 REPORTS: OK/TX

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I targeted the San Angelo, TX area for the potential for a few supercells near a bit of a dryline bulge. There were a few early day (midday) supercells farther northeast, but those storms quickly merged into a line and weakened before I even seriously considered perusing them.

One semi-discrete storm later developed near Sterling City. It pulsed up and briefly showed some supercellular structure with a bit of a wall cloud, but it weakened relatively quickly. On its southwest flank, another storm developed. This one struggled to intensify at first, but then also evolved into a supercell. This storm showed more mid to low-level rotation than the previous storm, even if that was relatively brief.
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I stayed with the storm as it dropped southeast, but as soon as it crossed over TX-163, I headed back north. The plan was to get into position for chasing (today) and perhaps I would see some noteworthy storm structure on the back side. I stopped when I saw a rainbow in the distance with a horse on a small farm and felt that was a good place to stop for a few photos. As I got out of my car, I noticed stray hailstones on the ground, generally golf ball-sized, but a few were a bit larger. The horse seemed okay.
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This was a case of large buoyancy making up for a lack of both deep layer shear and stronger low-level flow. CAPEs were analyzed in the 3000-4500 J/kg range where the storms developed. Deep layer shear was barely marginal, around roughly 25-30 knots. Multiple storms fired up in the large buoyancy reservoir, but tended to weaken/cluster fairly quickly. A few storms that persisted into early evening farther southeast, near I-10, did further intensify as the low-level jet increased. I could have stuck around, but I wanted to keep Colorado in play for today, so I opted out.
 
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