• 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.

Radar data from KFDR on 16 May 2015

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Recall the significant tornado that traveled between Elmer and Snyder, OK on this day. It passed pretty close to the KFDR site. My own recollection of seeing level 3 data as I was chasing it suggested KFDR would provide an impressive data set. However, for whatever reason, those data are not available on NCDC's NEXRAD archive, level II OR III.

Did anyone save any NEXRAD data from that event or know a different source of data? Level II is preferable, but I would take level III. NOTE: I know MMM archives radar mosaics, but I want the actual data, not an image.
 
I believe the 10 day window is the standard, but in some cases I've noticed they retain certain days for a much longer period. Here is what I currently see. I'm not sure how long these "Ready For Download" files stick around though.

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By the way, in case one of the AH guys sees this post, I think it would be great to have the ability to cherry pick volume scan files one at a time similar to what you can do with the Iowa State radar archive. That way you don't have to download an entire day's worth of data.
 
Did you eventually manage to get the data Jeff? I'd be very interested in having them for a documentary but they're obviously not available anymore at AllisonHouse...
 
Did you eventually manage to get the data Jeff? I'd be very interested in having them for a documentary but they're obviously not available anymore at AllisonHouse...

Yes, I have KFDR volume scans between 2138 and 0058 UTC on that day. Would you like to work out a means of transferring them?
 
Oh man, I've been dieing to get my hands on that 5-16 KFDR data as well. From my emails with the NCDC guys, I had given up hope. Jeff, would it be possible to send that data my way as well? I'll PM.

Also, am I correct to infer that a "Rondez-vous" season 3 is on the way!?!?!?!
 
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