V2 Operations Posted in VORTEX2 Gallery on May 13, 2009 by Susan Cobb. April 22, 2009. Credit: NOAA Credit: NOAA The sign which denotes the bay area. Credit: NOAA Credit: NOAA/NSSL/S. Waugh Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Brent Huffman, a free-lance photojournalist from The Weather Channel interviews OU’s Mike Biggerstaff during downtime. Credit: Susan Cobb An image from the Situational Awareness Severe Storm Intercept software showing the position of each research vehicle in relation to the target storm. Credit: Susan Cobb A team from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana deploy a disdrometer, better known as a particle probe. NSSL MV, looking southwest. Credit: NOAA/Susan Cobb Looking southeast – we were between two storms. Credit: NOAA/Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb Credit: Susan Cobb The full V2 armada. Credit: Robin Tanamachi Credit: Mike Coniglio