• 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.

Funnel Cloud Question

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Mike Krzywonski

Suppose there is a funnel cloud which precedes a tornado. Just prior to the tornado touching down, would the funnel contain atmospheric winds similar in strength to those on the surface produced by the tornado at the point of touchdown?

Illustration: Would a high-rise building experience tornadic winds by being impacted by a funnel cloud before the tornado ever made landfall?
 
Yes, it could happen..
In June 2001, we were on a storm in Harper Co. Kansas, sitting under an enormous wall cloud.

Listening to radio reports out of Wichita, we heard that winds were clocked at 100 MPH, 500' above the ground!

This circulation never made it to the ground; winds gusted no more than what I would estimate to be 40 mph, and we were right under the wall cloud.

I took a picture of the hole in the middle in the cloud, with clouds rotating around the hole or eye.

You may see a recently posted picture of this as an archive on my blog site www.joyfulstormhunting.com
 
In June 2001, we were on a storm in Harper Co. Kansas, sitting under an enormous wall cloud.

Listening to radio reports out of Wichita, we heard that winds were clocked at 100 MPH, 500' above the ground!

This report sounds very dubious. How were these winds measured? The only possible way to get an anemometer 500 feet above the ground would be on a tall tower and I doubt there are any in Harper County, KS. A Doppler radar beam from Wichita (or the KVNX WSR-88D for that matter) would be too wide and too far above the ground to measure the rotational winds in a funnel cloud at 500 feet AGL over Harper County, KS.
 
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