On Tuesday we intercepted a line of storms forming near the Nebraska-Colorado border. There was no chance of tornadoes so we were looking to study microbursts that were likely to form from the high cloud bases precipitating into the large column of dry air. The storms began to precipitate soon after deployment, but only weak microbusts were observed. Operations were called soon after. The major news of the day was the transmitter on DOW 6 died. The truck was immediately sent to Forth Worth, TX for repair. We hope to have DOW 6 back tomorrow.

On Wednesday we moved north towards Alliance, NE. We started intercepting a cell east of the city, however, it soon died and we returned to Alliance. On the trip back there was discussion on another cell that was forming about 15 miles north of the city. The latest radar returns showed weak strengthening so we decided to quickly deploy. The deployment was not that organized, however, good data was collected. A rotating wall cloud was observed along with pea sized hail. A few of the mobile mesonets encountered the RFD.