• 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.

Heat Burst at Mitchell, SD today

That's a pretty interesting happening. Thanks for posting the link. Does this part of SD experience this occurrence very often?

I wonder if they renamed the Corn Palace to the Popcorn Palace?:D
 
Do these only happen out in the plains? I've never heard of them happening in the midwest. Very interesting.
 
It takes an observation point for it to even be picked up. Since there are storms ongoing in the area, at least now-a-days, it's probably a good bet that someone will see it in the obs as its happening. Also, during the two heat bursts I've experienced, some pretty strong winds were produced due to the collapsing storm...high enough that High Wind Warnings were issued.
 
South Dakota has quite a history of heat bursts, I think one of the WFO's used to have a page on it and I do believe Mitchell had quite a heat burst before. Though I think some of the more pronouced one's were during the overnight, 27 degree change would certainly get anyones attention.
 
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