[1] Several National Weather Service (NWS) employees and other officials soon took an interest in the capabilities it brings to them to integrate ground truth provided by spotters into their operational responsibilities.

Subsequent versions of the network expanded the coordinator and reporting capabilities, and NWS eSpotter integration was completed in early September 2006.

[citation needed] Spotters must pass an online test of storm structure and basic meteorology in order to use the system.

Several papers have been written on the use of the Spotter Network in meteorological research and operations such as: The SN is officially a Minnesota non-profit corporation, and is recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the IRS and is run as an organization of like-minded individuals taking input from the various communities that it serves and making the output available to any and all who are interested in severe weather.

[citation needed] On February 26, 2017, storm chasers paid respects to 'Twister' star Bill Paxton by arranging their position indicators to form the initials BP.