• 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.

More media reports on slow start to 2015 season

Randy Jennings

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Here are a few more media reports on the slow start to the 2015 severe weather season:

Sleepy skies: March delivers lowest tornado activity in decades
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-delivers-lowest-tornado-activity-in-decades/

Is El Nino behind our record-slow start to tornado season?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...hind-our-record-slow-start-to-tornado-season/

Through the end of March, 2015’s tornado drought is among the biggest on record
http://www.ustornadoes.com/2015/04/...rnado-drought-is-among-the-biggest-on-record/

And this great graphic from the SPC (http://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/2015/spans-update.png):
spans-update.png
 
Given the potential for an extended period of weather unfavorable for a large number of tornadoes, we may actually hold near the 77 tornado count level (presumably adding a few along the way) into late April. If so, that would put the year-to-date tornado count near the record minimum for all years since at least 1954. See more details on the "inflation" adjustment method at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/adj.html .
torgraph-big.png

If we look only at the raw LSR tornado counts (using LSRs alone is dodgy since many long-lived tornadoes are associated with multiple LSRs), we see we are at the bottom of the 2005-2015 pile.
torngraph-big.png
 
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