• 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.

It was probably just looking to take out a few Soccer Moms

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It was probably looking to take out a few soccer moms

They looked pretty scared. It was imposible to tell what they were saying because of their language. If I had been there my biggest worry would be about flying debris taking an eye out. The vortex did not seem conected to any deep moist convection, but if it had been I would have been more scared. I imagine that this dust devil spun up in a very deep mixed layer, with very steep superadiabatic lapse rates near the ground. I doubt that it would have reached such an intensity had it not managed to dwell for tens of seconds over smooth tarmac. Any roughness or trees, and they just fall apart.
 
Dust devil

That dust devil footage was AWSOME! Did it get an F-scale rating?? I'd definitely rate it a strong F0.
 
F0: Some damage to chimneys; breaks branches off trees; pushes over shallow-rooted trees; damages sign boards

It didn't appear to break any branches at all - just looked like it made some porta-roofs airborne which can be done at 20-30mph, so I have a hard time believing it was even F0 let alone nearly F1...
 
Re: Dust devil

Originally posted by Craig Maire II
That dust devil footage was AWSOME! Did it get an F-scale rating?? I'd definitely rate it a strong F0.

I don't think dust devils can be classifed under the F scale sense they are not true tornados.
 
Re: Dust devil

That dust devil footage was AWSOME! Did it get an F-scale rating?? I'd definitely rate it a strong F0.

I don't think dust devils can be classifed under the F scale sense they are not true tornados.

Yeah, they can classify any type of wind damage using the F scale. I hear it often used for straight line wind damage...
 
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