• 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.

Multiple Vortex footprints

The terrain near Utica is somewhat hilly I think as its close to the IL river...and I thought that tornado was an F2. Im somewhat skeptical as well.
 
The first 10-15 seconds of that clip looks identical to a still image shown in the old Time Life book "STORM" which was printed in 1982. There was no date or location attached to the image however, it was just one of a few demonstrating the different damage patterns left by tornadoes.

Obviously if I'm right, this would make that clip considerably older than the event it's claimed to be. I've seen several instances of tornado/storm clips on YT that were tagged as the wrong event, I assume because the average YT junkie doesn't think anyone would know the difference.

But I could be wrong.
 
I believe this was from the Utica, IL tornado. I saw a 5-7 minute version of that same footage in 2004 after the event. Somewhere in the NOAA image archive there are a set of amazing photos that were taken during this flight. Small features like a single tree in an open field or a road embankment clearly impacted the vortex structure of the tornado. If anyone finds the photos or an extended video clip please post the links.

Utica, IL - 4-20-04.

F3 tornado hit the town on the infamous warm front day. I just came across this video on youtube. (Yes on my down-time I have zero ambition to do anything else lol)

Interesting vortice swirls noted here, although this is the first time I have EVER seen this from this particular tornado..... a little skeptical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XxLqrD3K1s&feature=related
 
I believe this was from the Utica, IL tornado. I saw a 5-7 minute version of that same footage in 2004 after the event. Somewhere in the NOAA image archive there are a set of amazing photos that were taken during this flight. Small features like a single tree in an open field or a road embankment clearly impacted the vortex structure of the tornado. If anyone finds the photos or an extended video clip please post the links.

Agreed, I would love to see this. I have never stumbled upon this before which is why it rose some red flags nearly 5 years after the event. Probably some of the most impressive display of vortices I have seen. (Other than TVC #1)
 
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