• 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.

NHC Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Milton 5-10 October 2024

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On March 31, 2025, the National Hurricane Center released its Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Milton, the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Basin in 2024. Milton made landfall just after dark on the west coast of Florida in Sarasota County, about 150 miles south of my location. At my location in Citrus County, we had continuous tropical-storm force winds from the north for seven-and-a-half straight hours, but suffered no major damage. It was a very memorable event, but did not occur during daylight hours for most of the Florida peninsula, so there were limited video/chasing opportunities, except for some strong tornadoes over South and East Coastal Florida in spiral bands upon approach earlier in the day. Please see the link below:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142024_Milton.pdf
 
This was one of the most photogenic tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton near Lake Placid, FL, on October 9, 2024. It was rated either EF-1 or EF-2 and was over open-country in a sparsely-populated area of the state:
 

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