• 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.

City Supercells

MJ Poore

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Was out chasing in central Johannesburg yesterday. Bad idea, almost got hit by a RFD powered flying dustbin. And the traffic just came to a halt with the hail. So the chase came an end. Johannesburg got whacked by a huge supercell on Sunday, no tornado, but strong straightline and hail. Anybody else got pics of city supercells?
 

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May 1st LP supercell that went through the middle of Oklahoma City. Thankfully didn't drop a tornado, but did produce a lot of hail and some amazing structure:

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This was just after it has passed through OKC, and was out in more open farmland.

Chase Account (pics and video) here:
http://www.langfordphotography.com/Storm-Chasing/2008/May-1st-2008/5009560_CeAXP
 
This was from back from Sept. 21, 2005 in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. It did produce a few tornadoes in the north metro but the big story was the massive amount of RFD damage. It was the year before I started chasing and I didn't have a good camera so the pics aren't the greatest but it was still a helluva storm.
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A local weather photog here in DC (Kevin Ambrose) has taken some fantastic weather shots in and around DC. Chasing in the DC is impossible, but if you set-up right, and with plenty of time, you can grab some of the best (and really make good bank!!) on the shots here. I going to try and get Bill Hark and William Coyle up here for some of those shots if I can. I know they've seen some good stuff down near the Richmond area, with the city backdrop. Maybe they'll chime in on the thread.

Best I've done is from the northern suburbs in Monkey...ahhhh....Montgomery County, MD. I have a number of 'high' spots that I'll head to in the area, some that are man made, some that are not. In many of those, you can see the 'edge city' kind of city backdrop, but nothing like the urban core.
 
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