A major weather system entered the plains today which resulted in a widespread tornado outbreak throughout the Texas Panhandle, western Kansas and Colorado.

UPDATE: The Map Widget has been restored to full status.
It seems that something …

We thought it might be a good idea to create a special page on StormChase.com with a link to all the Spotter Network widget’s running around out there. So send us the link to the page where you’ve installed your widget and sometime in the near future, we’ll get that put together and update it once a month (or so).

The map widget is an overwhelming success. In the past month it has averaged 4 new users per day. That may not sound like a huge number, but considering the number of chasers/spotters out there and those who are using SN – we’re thrilled with those results. We obviously don’t want to create projects that people don’t like and a lot of people have written in with their appreciation for the widget as well as their recommendations for improvement.

First of all – I want to thank Tyler at The Spotter Network for accommodating our map widget. He had to make some slight modifications to the spotternetwork.org to make everything work nice and smooth.

We’re excited tonight – and tired! The first flash map widgets specifically for The Spotter Network (www.spotternetwork.org) are finally ready for our first release!

I’m excited to announce (finally) a project that myself and a few other programmers have been working on for awhile now – a flash based map that automatically refreshes without having to reload the entire web page and updates your position, as well as a radar image overlaid on Microsoft’s Virtual Earth street atlas!