• 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.

Roanoke Tornado of July 13 Rated F4 (Updated photos Aug 3)

Originally posted by nickgrillo
... and I missed it. :?


Don't feel too bad, I missed it too. I had nothing to do that day too, I just didn't expect nothing like that to happen.

As bad as I feel for missing it, I'm just very thankful and amazed no one was seriously injured from this event... :)
 
I was chasing that day, but picked the wrong storm!

I was out chasing that day, but I ended up picking the wrong storm to chase, AND I should have left work an hour earlier! I intercepted the long lived supercell in Rantoul, which had just blown hard before I got there. I have a highlight video of my chase @ http://www.brademel.com/pages/storm_chase_...?year=2004&id=5
Nothing too exciting.

I've also got some pictures of the Roanoke damage. I'll post those tomorrow sometime.
 
Roanoke Tornado

One of the composition characteristics shown in some of these photos that I enjoy tremendously is the juxtaposition of the weather phenomenon with the mundane, day-to-day. Specifically, I love the tornado moving near the backyard filled with old metal lawn chairs. There's just something about the extraordinary in close proximity to the ordinary that really makes an interesting wx shot (or any photo, for that matter).

Usually these are taken by non-chasers, looking out windows or out back porches. I did see a couple of pictures by an Indiana chaser from earlier this year of a tornado in the background and a graveyard in the foreground. Nice shot(s).
 
Found a few more pictures of tornado

I found a few more pictures of the tornado. I think these were taken by Justin Weber, an employee at Geiser Ford.
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