• 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.

Supercell Northwest Of Mankato Minnesota Monday, August 26, 2024

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When I left, this was simply a long outflow dominant line, & it was moving east/south east.
As far as I know, there wasn't any warnings/watches other than for excessive heat.

I drove 15 miles northwest, found a nice spot to film, & decided I'd let the storm come to me.
Figured I might get a nice bow echo shelf cloud time lapse. Shortly thereafter, I checked the radar & saw that the bottom 1/3 of the line had separated & abruptly changed directions.

At that point I went after it. I have a general understanding of supercells/tornadoes & S-L-I-M, but I’m no meteorologist.
Could someone here who is, explain how/why the separation occurred, & let me know if I'm right when I figure the direction change was caused by the cell developing rotation ?

*I tried to include 2 radar loops directly in the thread, but my file hosting site doesn't offer MP4’s.
Both loops are included @ the start of the YouTube video.
The separation, & abrupt direction change are most visible in the 2nd loop.

Regards

 
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