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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.
2024-04-02 REPORTS: MO/AR/TN/MS/KY/IL/KY/OH
- Thread starter Matthew Crowther
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James Wilson
EF5
My story is the same Matthew's and a lot of chasers who jumped on that early good looking cell near Memphis. It did really try a few times and the lightning was amazing. It had two "confirmed" tornadoes but I was right there and did not see a confirmed one. Overall disappointing chase as my original target was Memphis up to Jonesboro.
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Dan Robinson
EF5
Another un-interesting stat-padder tornado during a mostly fruitless day. Target was my living room in New Baden, IL (St. Louis metro). I initially positioned in Fairview Heights to intercept the supercell that produced the Potosi, Missouri tornado as it crossed the river into Illinois. As this storm approached, it was mostly swallowed by surrounding convection which interrupted its organization (a very good thing, as it was heading through populated areas).
After leaving that storm, I moved east on I-64 to intercept several other embedded supercells to the south of the first one as they crossed the interstate between Okawville and Irvington. I could not get a visual on anything interesting, everything circulation-wise was buried deep in precipitation behind RFD gust fronts (unlike a few visible tornadoes photographed farther north by other chasers and locals).
After this first line moved northeast away from me at 80mph, I continued east on I-64 to Burnt Prairie to intercept a new supercell that was beginning to organize right as it crossed the interstate. This raced away to my north, appearing to not do much as it did. With daylight almost gone, I moved east to Griffin to watch a small storm pass by to the west:
The final isolated supercell play (not embedded in the main squall line to the west) was the storm moving toward the Evansville area. I made my intercept of this at Wheatonville at Highway 58 and I-69. The storm had a beefy RFD hook, but little in the way of a low-level circulation. This is my lightning-illuminated view of it on Highway 58 (around a mile or less from where the tornado with the next storm would track):
I stayed ahead of this to Lynnville before letting it go.
One final tornado threat would be with the northern end of a bowing segment within the main squall line, headed generally in the same area as the previous supercell. I intercepted this area back along I-69 and Highway 58 at Wheatonville. Two circulations spun up near each other to my immediate south and southwest, with the southern one producing power flashes as it damaged lines near I-69 just south of the I-64 interchange at Elberfeld:
The two circulations appeared to begin a Fujiwara interaction here, which made their paths start to curve unpredictably. I bailed north on I-69 to ensure I was out of the way of all of that, then returned to Highway 58 to look for damage. The tornado crossed Highway 58 east of I-69 just across the railroad tracks, with a very clear tornado damage signature: a tree felled southward onto the road was followed immediately by a tree felled northward just to the east, the latter crushing the guardrail:
On the way home, I had hoped for a sprite photo opportunity with the expansive and active stratiform region - but as is typical in the Midwest, our skies were cloudy behind the line. I arrived home at midnight.
After leaving that storm, I moved east on I-64 to intercept several other embedded supercells to the south of the first one as they crossed the interstate between Okawville and Irvington. I could not get a visual on anything interesting, everything circulation-wise was buried deep in precipitation behind RFD gust fronts (unlike a few visible tornadoes photographed farther north by other chasers and locals).
After this first line moved northeast away from me at 80mph, I continued east on I-64 to Burnt Prairie to intercept a new supercell that was beginning to organize right as it crossed the interstate. This raced away to my north, appearing to not do much as it did. With daylight almost gone, I moved east to Griffin to watch a small storm pass by to the west:
The final isolated supercell play (not embedded in the main squall line to the west) was the storm moving toward the Evansville area. I made my intercept of this at Wheatonville at Highway 58 and I-69. The storm had a beefy RFD hook, but little in the way of a low-level circulation. This is my lightning-illuminated view of it on Highway 58 (around a mile or less from where the tornado with the next storm would track):
I stayed ahead of this to Lynnville before letting it go.
One final tornado threat would be with the northern end of a bowing segment within the main squall line, headed generally in the same area as the previous supercell. I intercepted this area back along I-69 and Highway 58 at Wheatonville. Two circulations spun up near each other to my immediate south and southwest, with the southern one producing power flashes as it damaged lines near I-69 just south of the I-64 interchange at Elberfeld:
The two circulations appeared to begin a Fujiwara interaction here, which made their paths start to curve unpredictably. I bailed north on I-69 to ensure I was out of the way of all of that, then returned to Highway 58 to look for damage. The tornado crossed Highway 58 east of I-69 just across the railroad tracks, with a very clear tornado damage signature: a tree felled southward onto the road was followed immediately by a tree felled northward just to the east, the latter crushing the guardrail:
On the way home, I had hoped for a sprite photo opportunity with the expansive and active stratiform region - but as is typical in the Midwest, our skies were cloudy behind the line. I arrived home at midnight.
