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<br />, ~ <br />'-I "'. <br /> <br />However, by 11:12 p.m. a stronger indication of hail was Been <br />in one storm within the line of storms near Holly necessitatin9 the <br />scrambling of three cloud base planes. There was a section of the <br />larger line which was breaking away from the larger line and movin9 <br />southeasterly. Seeding began at 11:29 p.m. near Coolidge; at the <br />same time the remaining two base seeders were scrambled. Other <br />aircraft joined in seeding near Coolidge at 11:36, 11:40 and 11:41 <br />p.m. The breakaway line continued reorganizing into a bow-echo <br />such that by midnight the line lay in an arc running from northwest <br />Hamilton County southeast over Syracuse then southwest into <br />northwest Stanton. The fifth plane airborne began seeding i in <br />northwest Stanton County at 11: 58 p. m. In the interim others ,:had <br />been positioned for seeding around the line as it developed into <br />its bow-shape, while moving southeast. ,By 12: 30 a.m. the leading <br />edge of the bow had moved tothe Kendall-Big Bo~; arEa' L..a..i.liiL9 from, <br />there' intO southwest' Stanton County' and southeast Baca County, <br />Colorado. A,lso,. a portion of the vast area of thunderstorms of <br />lesser intensity and rainshowers, north and northwest of us <br />earlier, had slid into the northern tier of counties bringing <br />rainfall to most of them. <br /> <br />By 12:50 a.m. updrafts and radar intensities were lower and <br />diminishing so two planes were sent back to base. At 12:58 two more <br />were released and at 1:20 the last plane was sent in. However, a <br />re-invigoration of storm intensities began to develop in Stevens <br />County within part of the old southeasterly line which had been <br />part of the bow-echo and three planes were sent to seed it. A,nother <br />plane was recalled from landing to look at another separate storm <br />moving through northern Kearny County around 1:25 a.m. Seeding <br />began on the Kearnystorm, north of Lakin, at 1:35 a.m. Two planes <br />ended up seeding in southeastern Stevens County starting at 1;45 <br />and 1:53 a.m., respectively, and ending at 2:01 a.m. as the storms <br />rolled out of the-County. All flights were ended by 2:10 a.m. <br /> <br />AUGUST 16TH- OPERATIONAL DAY #65; A cluster of thunderstorms <br />developed in late afternoon around Ness and aodgeman counties and <br />moved souther.ly. However, an isolated severe storm built ahead of <br />the cluster along northern Ford County near Spearville. All planes <br />were scrambled between 8:00 and B:Os p.m. At B:05 p.m. the storm <br />lay about Smiles NE of spearville. <br /> <br />The most severe storm first moved over Spearville, decreasing <br />in intensity a little by the time it reached Spearville. Cloud base <br />seeding started at 8:42 p.m. with two others joining at 8:43 and <br />8:54 p.m. New cloud growth formed around the main storm; the other <br />cluster of storms, previously to the north, merged with the newer <br />storms and the whole mass continued moving further south into Ford <br />County, but becoming much weaker. All cloud base flights were <br />terminated at 9:20 p.m. The cloud top plane began seeding at 9:16 <br />p.m. and continued until 9:26 p.m. <br /> <br />About the two other cloud base planes scrambled: one h~d, ~ <br />generator problem and made a quick landing to effect repairs before <br />flying On to Ford County; however, it was recalled at 9:20 p.m. due <br />