• 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.

False Tornado Warn Polygons? - March 4 & 5

Probably so...we had a warning that covered ~8 counties here in South Carolina this morning. It was only a drill, but sounded real at first. Even the local TV stations got into the act. Beyond the EAS message, they issued warning messages of their own. The school kids took cover, etc.
 
Today at 130 we were supposed to have a state wide tornado drill but it was cancelled due to inclement weather. I don't know if the warnings were to do with the weather preparedness week testing.
 
"I don't know if the warnings were to do with the weather preparedness week testing"

They probably were. Several Midwestern states including Illinois have their official statewide tornado drills on the first Monday or Tuesday in March every year (ours was also postponed due to inclement WINTER weather). The drills usually include sending of a test warning message from NWS offices and activation of the EAS. Given that March is considered the "official" start of tornado season in most of the country I would guess that many of these warning messages were actually annual drills.
 
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