diff --git a/met/src/basic/vx_log/string_array.cc b/met/src/basic/vx_log/string_array.cc
index c93d0a25b3..866c08eda8 100644
--- a/met/src/basic/vx_log/string_array.cc
+++ b/met/src/basic/vx_log/string_array.cc
@@ -390,13 +390,16 @@ bool StringArray::has(const std::string text) const
    bool found = false;
    bool forward = true;
    
-   mlog << Debug(9) << "In has() for Sorted=true and IgnoreCase=false: searching for text = " << text.c_str() << "\n";
+   mlog << Debug(9) << "In new has() searching for text = " << text.c_str() << "\n";
    
    if (Sorted && !IgnoreCase) {
       mlog << Debug(9) << "  Sorted is true and IgnoreCase is false" << "\n";
       found = binary_search(s.begin(), s.end(), text);
+      mlog << Debug(9)  << "  After binary_search, found = " << found << "\n";
    }
    else {
+      mlog << Debug(9) << "  Sorted = " << Sorted << " IgnoreCase = " << IgnoreCase << "\n";
+      mlog << Debug(9) << "  Calling middle has() function" << "\n";
       return ( has(text, forward) );
    }
    
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ bool StringArray::has(const std::string text, int & index, bool forward) const
    bool found = false;
    index = -1;
    
-   mlog << Debug(9) << "In has() for Sorted=false or IgnoreCase=true: searching for text = " << text.c_str() << "\n";
+   mlog << Debug(9) << "In original has() searching for text = " << text.c_str() << "\n";
    
    if (!s.empty()) {
       int count;
@@ -447,6 +450,7 @@ bool StringArray::has(const std::string text, int & index, bool forward) const
                mlog << Debug(9) << "  Sorted is false, IgnoreCase is true, forward is true, lower_s (*it) = " << lower_s.c_str() << "\n";
                transform(lower_s.begin(), lower_s.end(), lower_s.begin(), ::tolower);
                if ( lower_s == lower_text) {
+                  mlog << Debug(9) << "  found lower_text = " << lower_text.c_str() << "\n";
                   found = true;
                   break;
                }
@@ -454,6 +458,7 @@ bool StringArray::has(const std::string text, int & index, bool forward) const
             else {
                mlog << Debug(9) << "  Sorted is false, IgnoreCase is false, forward is true, *it = " << (*it).c_str() << "\n";
                if ( *it == text ) {
+                  mlog << Debug(9) << "  found text = " << text.c_str() << "\n";
                   found = true;
                   break;
                }
@@ -496,6 +501,8 @@ bool StringArray::has(const std::string text, int & index, bool forward) const
    //     << " for " << text << ", found: " << (found ? "true" : "false")
    //     << ", forward: " << (forward ? "yes" : "no") << "\n";
 
+   mlog << Debug(9) << "\n";
+   
    return found;
 }