• 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 Tornado Stats

Boris Konon

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The last two months have been one of the most active periods for tornadoes in some time. Last time it was this active for the total number of tors was April-May 2011. But nowhere near the intensity of 2011 in terms of strong/violent tors.

* April-May 2011 had 215 EF2+ and 6 EF5s
* April-May 2024 had 106 EF2+ and no EF5s

947 confirmed tornadoes (actual individual tors) so far this year (thru 6/4). Avg for the entire year is 1223 - 1990-2023 period.

April 2024 has had 327 tors confirmed so far, 2nd most for this month on record.

May 2024 has had 471 tors confirmed so far, 4th most for this month on record and 5th most in any month.

2024 is the 4th year to have 300 or more tors in two months in a calendar year. The other years are 1998, 2010, and 2011.

Keep in mind tor numbers for weak (EF0 and EF1) tors have gone up considerably since the early 1990s due to a host of social and technological factors. So one can't really use data prior to 1990 in comparing apples to apples for trends or records. As an example, from 1950-1989, only two years had more than 1000 tors. Since 1990, every year but 5 have had over 1000.
 

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