Sub-VORTEX has concluded its study of the 1998 Plains Tornado Drought.  A 
few good intercept days are possible in the next week, but due to 
numerous vehicle and equipment problems (and the fact that the experiment 
was scheduled to conclude on Friday anyway), the program was terminated 
last evening.  

We are grateful to all volunteers for their tireless efforts, dedication, 
patience, and flexibility.  Despite the lack of tornadoes, we do have 
some valuable data on RFDs associated with non-tornadic supercells.  We 
will keep you posted on what we learn from these data.  Everyone did a 
great job.

A few miscellany...

1. Please provide all receipts (COPIES--KEEP ORIGINALS) in sealable envelope.
   Jerry needs name / address / ss# .. and time of departure and return 
   (date/time are essential).  They can be given to Jerry in person and I 
   will give them a receipt...or they can put them in his mail box at OU --- 
   Energy Center room 1310.  Or they can be mailed to

        Jerry Straka
        School of Meteorology
        Energy Center, Room 1310
        University of Oklahoma
        Norman, OK 73019

2. Markowski is now up to 16,310 tornadoless miles on 31 chases...others 
probably have done worse, but these are impressive numbers considering 
the fact that 90% of the miles were driven with continuous nowcast support.



Thanks again everyone!

Paul Markowski
Jerry Straka
Erik Rasmussen
David Blanchard
Bob Davies-Jones