• 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.

June 21st 2002 Clockwise rotating LP supercell Iowa

  • Thread starter Thread starter Craig Maire II
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Craig Maire II

Here is some information I copied and pasted from NCDC about this event:

A thunderstorm complex moved east across southern Minnesota during the day on the 21st. The outflow boundary from the complex progressed into northern Iowa to join with a warm frontal boundary lifting north across the state. The airmass was very stable to the south of the boundary with temperatures in the mid 80s to low 90s, and dew point temperatures in the low 70s to near 80. CAPE values were in the 5600 J/kg range by early afternoon. A lone thunderstorm cell formed in north central Iowa just southeast of Mason City. The storm became severe and produced a tornado southeast of Rockwell. The tornado moved southeast at first while the storm intensified, then turned east as it entered Butler County. The track of the tornado was across open country and as a result there was little more than crop damage from it. Spotter and Sheriff reports indicated the tornado was on the ground intermittently. Much of the time the condensation funnel was not in clear contact with the ground, however it would appear the strength of the tornado can be inferred from the length of the track, spotter reports, and radar presentation. Speaking to trained spotters that were on the site indicated the tornado supercell was a CLOCKWISE rotating supercell.

I tracked this incredible storm and have tons of video and was just wandering how rare an event like this is, esp. for the midwest?? (CLOCKWISE rotating LP supercell)
Also, was anyone else tracking this storm besides me that has video, input etc.??
 
LOL at clockwise. Were they looking up at it at the time too?
 
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