• 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.

Highest Elevation Tornado (Pics) Ever Observed in the USA

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What a lucky backpacker! Let that be a lesson for those that think tornadoes can't cross mountains. The rotation in that wall cloud is visually stunning, it reminds me of the Attica, KS wall cloud on May 12th.
 
Great link. John Monteverdi is quite the storm expert, too, so his insight rounds out the photos nicely.

Tim
 
It is said by two famous Italian writers (of which one is Machiavelli) that a powerful tornado cross middle-north Italy from East to West (yes, opposite to the westerlies) in August 1456. The historical documents contain dramatic details of the disaster's scene.

In the documents they both says that the tornado formed north of Ancona (along the Adriatic sea coastline) and crossed the Appennini, which in that position they are not so high in altitude, than enter Toscana region and pass close to Florence.

From the description of the tornado it appear like two - three mile wide multiple vortex tornado. From the damages is very difficult to give an estimation, but it could be F4-F5. Some of the damages were "incredible".

I'll post that document if I have time to translate it. Unfortunately is in ancient language and needs some time to translate it.

:wink:
 
I don't see any pictures of the tornado - just a funnel cloud aloft which is how they refer to it as well... Did they actually witness a touchdown and not photograph it?
 
I don't see any pictures of the tornado - just a funnel cloud aloft which is how they refer to it as well... Did they actually witness a touchdown and not photograph it?

The caption of the fourth funnel picture (in the Webshots album linked to by Jeff above) says "Funnel over Rockwell Pass touched down." The picture appears to support this with a debris cloud, though it's hard to say for sure.
 
Thanks for the link - it appears to me that the funnel is over the top of the ridge and not actually touching the edge of the ridge... No biggie.
 
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