• 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.

Epic accidental chase wall of fame

October 13, 2014 was the mother of all happy accidents. On that day I dismissed a tornado capture at Long Creek Illinois for thinking it was moisture on the lens generated by an insect that had been riding inside my hood. It was only after careful review upon comparing the weather service survey to file exif data and location that I realized what was actually documented. At the time I was so enamored by upper features and motion that I failed to notice the tornado for the storm lol.

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My "accidental" catch was my first tornado the Good Friday EF4 that struck Murfreesboro, TN on April 10, 2009. As many of you know I was standing at a church parking lot outside of my apartment to watch the storm move by. I wasn't sure if I was going to see anything good that day. I didn't even know that there was a tornado on the ground at the time I stood at that parking lot or that there was a tornado emergency for Murfreesboro. All I had with me was my weather radio that was on alert mode and my old point and shoot camera in case I did see anything that might have been photo worthy.

Around 12:45 PM I saw the wall cloud, then I saw a dark column I couldn't make out due to the trees across the street from the parking lot. When I saw power flashes behind the trees I knew that column I was seeing was indeed a tornado. A surprisingly photogenic tornado by Middle Tennessee standards.

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