• 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.

microburst

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Lori Meyer

I am trying to find some information about a microburst on May 27, 1996 in Lee's Summit, MO. I know the winds were supposed to have reached 125mph. From the arial photos I have seen it appeared to have a very distinct path. I was under the impression microbursts usually put out an area of destruction more circular in nature. Any ideas on how to find this info? I know a lot of you are quite familiar with looking up historical weather events.
 
Microbursts are quite fascinating, however... rather than being circular I believe that the damage path begins as a small swath that spreads outward in the direction the storm is traveling. The shape of the swath would depend on the storm velocity and the speed of the winds within but would probably resemble a widening tornao path with all the destruction pointing in one direction similar to straight-line winds.

Also I am guessing that the strongest winds/damage would be near the beginning of the microburst and gradually taper off as the winds die down.

Hopefully this helps Lori.

-Terrence
 
There is some information available in the archives of the KC Star online edition, however this is a subscription service. The local library should have the print editions available.
 
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