• 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.

Damaging wind event in Michigan

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I'm curious if anyone from Michigan or northern Indiana can relay their experiences about the intense squall line that roared through much of downstate Michigan during the predawn hours thismorning. Many reporting stations had gusts over 60mph and some had gusts approaching 80mph.
I noticed their were a couple of SVR's issued but lightning strikes were sparse at best. I'm guessing this was just a narrow zone of intense gradient winds and with the low topped convective cells along the front, the higher winds at the 900-850mb. level were being propelled to the surface, hence the locally intense wind gusts reported.

So I would love to here those reports. Merry Christmas!!!

Rocky&family
 
The line smacked through here at around 8AM... nothing too intense, I'd say wind gusts up around 50-55MPH. I have no doubt though that some areas were able to briefly tap into the 70knts right off the deck, though...

Right now the winds aren't too bad at all... The gusts seem to be spread out temporally speaking, hitting 40MPH every now and then. I suspect winds might increase a bit more as the RUC shows low level winds increasing in the 21Z-03Z time frame. The problem is that the pressure rise/fall couplet is displaced pretty far to the east by that time, which will probably mitigate widespread gusts over 50MPH.
 
It actually started down here in Illinois. Warnings blanketed the eastern portion of the state. Some stations reported wind gusts of 60 mph.

1130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 S ATHENS 39.93N 89.72W
12/22/2007 MENARD IL LAW ENFORCEMENT

TELEPHONE SNAPPED IN HALF, GARAGE DOORS BUCKLED AND SHINGLES OFF ROOFS

0125 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SE GREENVIEW 40.07N 89.73W
12/23/2007 MENARD IL EMERGENCY MNGR

BARN IN ROAD 1 MILE NORTH OF SWEETWATER AVE ON PEORIA ST.

1230 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MOUNT PULASKI 40.01N 89.28W
12/23/2007 LOGAN IL EMERGENCY MNGR

POWER POLE SNAPPED ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT PULASKI WITH PART OF A BUILDING ALSO IN A ROAD
WIHT PART OF A BUILDING ALSO BLOWN ONTO A ROAD.

For full LSR, just go to this link.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=ILX&product=LSR&issuedby=ILX
 
I filed the Schererville LSR through LOT this morning. Shingles off our roof, several fences damaged, branches down, winds reached about 60 MPH about 20 after 2 this morning.
 
76 mph knocked the power to my whole neighborhood from severe "thunderstorms" at around 2:30 AM. The powerpole 15 feet in back of my house broke off and numerous trees and powerlines scattered about.
 
88mph wind gust measured in Chicago with this line, for December it almost seems unreal. The neighborhood resembles a summer-time microburst.

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