• 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.

Alabama night tornado claims first life of 2021

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NWS Birmingham just posted an update to their Twitter saying at least high end EF2 damage, but surveys are still on going. Local media is also reporting the death was a 14 year old high school student who had taken shelter with his family in their basement. A tree apparently fell on the house, which caused it to collapse into the basement. The student's family members are in the hospital with critical injuries. A very sad situation.Screenshot_20210126-123830_Chrome.jpg
 
The damage looked bad and with people still trapped when I posted this I was concerned for more injuries and deaths. Sad for the 14yo and his family ... hope the rest pull through. Man talk about bad luck on the tree falling on them. :-(
 
"This event will be reviewed as the formation of this tornadic storm was particularly interesting given the overall environment. A few small-scale factors, perhaps not present elsewhere, appear to have come together to allow this storm to produce such a tornado."

Interesting quote from the event page. Hopefully the results of their review will be easy to find once complete, as I would be interested to see what they find. I've noticed it can be difficult to track things down on the NWS web page once they disappear from the main news headline section.
 
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