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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.
Interesting geometric watch box
- Thread starter Dave Gallaher
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Dann Cianca
That was actually a warning polygon and it's not uncommon for the polygon edges to follow geographic features such as rivers, county lines, state lines, or edges of the local weather service county warning areas.
Dave Gallaher
EF5
Duh--thanks, you are right, Dann. I am used to county and other geographically correct features for outlines, but haven't personally seen one following a meandering riverbed like that before.
Mike Johnston
EF5
There was something similar but even more curious w/ the cell that passed through Augusta, GA last night. Augusta sits right on the Savannah River, which is also the border with South Carolina. The end line of the tornado warning box on the Georgia side was a straight line that looked like it was just a few miles west of the river. The subsequent warning box issued by the Columbia, SC office picked it up immediately on the east side of the river w/ a jagged shape similar to the one above. As a result, it looked like Augusta itself - where there ended up being 2 tornado reports - was "in between" but not actually within either of the warning areas.
Anyone familiar w/ this, please correct me if I'm mis-interpreting.
Also, I'm not sure how much latitude NWS allows themselves on the verification statistics when an event falls within such a tiny gap like this.
Anyone familiar w/ this, please correct me if I'm mis-interpreting.
Also, I'm not sure how much latitude NWS allows themselves on the verification statistics when an event falls within such a tiny gap like this.
Chris Foltz
EF2
Mike, to answer your question, zero. It's binary. Either the damage report was in the warning or it wasn't. There's no cushion whatsoever.
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