• 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.

40th Anniversary of the Topeka Tornado

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Mike Smith

Today is the 40th anniversary of the Topeka, Kansas, F-5 tornado. It killed 22. At the time, it was the costliest tornado in world history.

The NWS path map is available at: crh.noaa.gov/Image/top/events/toptor/path.jpg

Their 00Z surface chart is accompanies this post. At 18Z, the surface low was near P28. It moved northeast during the day. [attachmentid=367]Both the Topeka tornado (which was in the SW part of the city at 00Z) and the Manhattan, KS F-3 which occurred at 2245Z, were "warm front" storms.

There is very good information at:
cjonline.com/indepth/66tornado/multimedia/tornado_mov.shtml
http://ktwu.washburn.edu/productions/torna...Devistation.htm


Mike
 
Thanks for the links. I lived in Topeka 1979-1989 at the foot of Burnett's Mound and as a teenager, always biked up the mound. There's a cross on the NE side of the mound that's a small memorial to the 22 killled by the tornado. Several folks I knew growing up were survivors and their stories of that day were one of those things that got me interested in severe weather. The neighborhood I lived in pretty much got wiped out by the storm.

The storm I believe also took a chunk out of the capital's dome and when they replaced it, the copper wasn't aged like the rest of the dome and didn't have the greenish tint that the rest of the dome had (I can't remember, but I think they had to chemically age the replacement section's copper cladding).
 
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