Spotternetwork Reporting Question

[Chad Cowan]

I like this one:
Reported By: Daniel Starks
Other - See Note
Time: 2009-05-02 20:17:00 UTC
Notes: Heavy Rain

Well duh - there's a storm above you! No mention of flooding or extraordinary rainfall rates that may be of use to spotters, chasers, or operational meteorologists.

This same guy made a report shortly after that of "Sirens going off".

 

[Tyler Allison]

This is only partially related, but I noticed a few times (maybe all?) that when I, or others would submit a "rotating wall cloud" the report would come out as a "NON-rotating wall cloud". This creates some funky reports with a Non-Rotating Wall cloud being described in the note as having rapid/violent rotation with a tornado imminent.

Do we have some wires crossed?

Yes. People are not taking the time to check the "Rotating" wall cloud option. The default is "Not" rotating.