• 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.

SVR warning for high flood-risk

David Draun

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Ok I have never seen this before, but a long-term SVR warning has been issued for north-central IL this morning. It was posted as an upgrade to the FFW that had been in effect earlier. The rain is coming down hard, but I would not ever call it a severe thunderstorm. I know we aren't supposed to post full weather bulletins here, but I would like to call some attention to it. Has this type of warning ever been posted before. Is it just a mistake by NWS and they meant to extend the FFW?

http://ahps2.wrh.noaa.gov/ahps2/ahp...lc037&productType=Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Also, my GR3 estimates 5 to as much as 8 inches of rain down since the event began and flooding is quite evident as I look out my window at the creek across the road. It's coming up just a bit.
 
The 6-hour long timeframe, extremely large size, and no reference to severe thunderstorms in the text, might be clues to what happened ;)

And the SVS issued right afterwards has some insight:

430 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LA SALLE...KENDALL...
NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY...LEE...DEKALB...KANE...EASTERN OGLE...SOUTHERN
BOONE...MCHENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

Finally...

433 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN BOONE...
DEKALB COUNTY...
LA SALLE...
LEE...
EASTERN OGLE...
SOUTHEASTERN WINNEBAGO...
NORTHWESTERN GRUNDY...
KANE COUNTY...
KENDALL...
MCHENRY...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...
 
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