• 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.

SN now integrated with IEMChat

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I'm proud to announce that in cooperation with Daryl Herzmann of Iowa State University, effective immediately the Spotter Network storm reports are being injected into IEMChat in real-time.

The IEMChat Project is an effort of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet based at Iowa State University. The IEM Chat Project is an effort to support the realtime collaboration of operational meteorologists. The National Weather Service (NWS) is not affiliated with this project, but some forecast offices do voluntarily participate.
 
Very cool! Sounds like a good idea to me. I assume these reports just get pushed into the various NWS chat rooms depending on what CWA you are in...?
 
They feel their current setup is good enough. TV mets can still sit in the rooms and talk to other mets in the area, and get the warning feed -- plus I've seen other NWS offices drop by with information.
 
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