This has now ben resolved.  Thanks to those who pointed it out.

SRM

• Added the ability to send load a date through the URL path.  For example, a link to http://www.stormreportmap.com/?date=080410, will bring up storm reports for April 10, 2008. There were a lot of links out there that still used that to link to specific dates, so I figured it would be a good idea to keep that functionality.
• Added an overall count of just how many storm reports we actually have in out database.  You should see them just above the search bar.

Look for some more fixes and additions over the next few weeks.

• Accounts: Register for an account to control how the map functions.  Don’t like having the radar display on?  Turn it off.  Don’t like the convective outlooks?  Turn those off as well.  Only want to show show reports near your house?  Use your account to set a “home” location and the map will only zoom around that location.

• New map icons along with the ability to cluster them:  This will become important as the storm season rolls on this year.  Instead of displaying every markers, we’ve implemented a cluster scheme where markers that are close together will be shown in a small black icon with the number of reports shown that are below that viewing level.  Clicking on that icon will soon in and show those markers.  If you don’t like this feature, simply uncheck the “Enable cluster” window on the map, or completely turn it off through your account.
• Layout choices have changed as well.  Instead of only displaying each type of icon, you can now display a combination (e.g. hail and wind, tornadoes and hail, etc..)

There have been some other changes under the hood as well that should make the site a little faster browse around with.

Questions? Comments?  Please contact us!

Welcome to anyone coming from TWC!

Also, a small bug was fixed just a few days ago that resulted in the SPC convective outlooks not displaying on the map for any date in 2009.

I’ve also had some questions regarding the convective outlooks sometimes not displaying. The site is automated to use the latest outlooks, but it’s not always sure when the latest outlooks have been posted and sometimes the SPC is late to deliver those outlooks.  When this happens, the system will display no data rather than inaccurate or incomplete data to the user.  So… When you load the site and don’t see the convective outlooks, it’s more than likely waiting for the latest SPC update to occur before displaying data.

Also had some crazy weather roll through the area here in Omaha as well.  Straigh-line winds up to 90MPH knocked down several trees and powerlines in my neighborhood.  Thankfully (as I type this) we have power, but tonight about 120,000 people are without power.  I have a feeling this could be something that lasts for a few days… We’ll see.

Stay tuned for some pics of the neighborhood and some other areas around town.

Tuesday, 17 June, 2008 there were two reports of 4.5″ sized hail and a single report of 4.25″.  Now that the icons have been added, they should now show properly on the map.

Thanks to Jason Hunter for the heads up.

He talked about my site today with a great review and I want to ensure that others are aware of his fantastic site.

If you’re curious why there are no reports showing up for June 7, 2008, it’s because for some reason the SPC Report file is empty.  It wasn’t like that a few hours ago and showed just over 250 reports.

For the time being, you can catch a map of the reports, albeit, with no data to go along with it.