• 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.

2025-04-24 Reports: CO/OK/TX

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Dad and I intercepted a cell out Des Moines, NM near Campo, CO and followed it to Kerrick, TX yesterday afternoon. It made several attempts to tighten up and produce a mothership, spit out some very soft hail, but ultimately fell apart. It looked very impressive on radar on the NM side but seemed to struggle as it entered OK and TX Panhandles which I thought was strange considering the air was more moist and unstable in the TX Panhandle where the TOR Watch was in effect until 2300 CDT.

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Last minute chase for me on Thursday the 24th. Left Norman about 2:30 pm and headed straight towards Childress then Turkey Texas. Saw the first tornado from a distance then managed to get on the storm just before it dropped this big and very strong tornado northwest of Matador.


We would drop south and see another very large tornado near Roaring Springs that had a very dramatic ropeout amongst the setting sun. A 4th brief tornado touched down on another wall cloud during that rope out for a total of 4 on the day. Full chase recap at Storm Chase Log: Matador Texas Tornadoes - Ben Holcomb
 
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