• 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.

Public SevWx Chatrooms!

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If you've heard of the IM software that NWS uses with media / Emergency Management agencies, you can now get many of those benefits for the general public...

https://iemchat.com/public.phtml has more info. Basically these are chatrooms set up by WFO area of coverage. You can chat with other spotters / chasers / etc but the big benefit is getting all watches / warnings / LSRs / MCDs /etc in a one-line format. Very handy while in the field!

The TV/EM/NWS comms are not viewable, but this might make NOW'ing a little easier than filtering through all the posts here, especially while on a mobile connection.

- Rob
 
You don't get all the features as you mentioned, but with all of those NWS products automatically listed you won't have to worry about your nowcaster trying to tell you what is going on with warnings and reports. It is a great feature that I think could come in real handy!!
 
And a quick FYI... You have to follow all the steps in the setup procedure. Skipping any or modify any servernames will result in you not getting into the room.
 
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