Jeff Russell
EF2
Is their website down or overloaded? Getting an HTTP 403 Forbidden error.
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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.
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Brandon Jenkins
EF3
No issues on my end.
rdale
EF5
James Langford
EF4
Jeff, I have problems with both the spc site and the main noaa.gov site all the time. I believe that the servers become overloaded, and then don't respond to requests. I can usually get a response if I refresh the browser a few times.
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Andrew Stoller
EF5
I'm getting the same error.
Devin Bryant
I'm a student at the University of Alabama and last Friday I spent the day at the NWS office in Birmingham. Their lead forecaster was showing me how to use their software & NOAA FLS and she said their servers get overloaded all the time during severe weather days. She noted the entire system desperately needs to be upgraded yet would cost a fortune to do so. On several occasions while in the field with 1-2 bars of AT&T's renowned Edge network I've succumbed to the HTTP 403 error 
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