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<br />~ <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The weather modification program implemented in 1975 was first known as the Muddy <br />Roads Program and later changed to the present Western Kansas Weather Modification Program <br />(WKWMP) , Fig. I shows the year 2001 WKWMP county participants: 14 full counties in <br />Kansas plus that area in Cheyenne County (Eastern Colorado) which lies west of the state line <br />through its first full township to the west <br /> <br />In 1994 a Kansas Water Office evaluation of the WKWMP showed a 27% reduction of <br />crop-hail damage, statistically significant at the 5% level, with a Benefit-to-Cost ratio of 37 : I, <br />That is, for every $1 in program funding, $37 was returned in increased crop value. <br /> <br />2001 Western Kansas Weather Modification <br />Target Area <br /> <br />N <br />+ <br /> <br />Yuma. <br /> <br />D];fI::,~:';ft f~i~c ~q~~ ~irl~is LEGEND <br />"~'ll!I('ir~~~;.~ <br /> <br />Kit Carson ennan Thomas: ,', Shoridan GLD = Goodland, KS <br />HVl = Haviland. K5 <br />JCY = Johnson. KS <br />LKN = Lakin. KS <br />RWD = McCook. HE <br />SCY = Scoll Ci19. KS <br />LTt = Leoli, KS <br />SYR = S,racuse, KS <br />WRY = 'Wrap. CO <br />HWS = Nalional Weather <br />Service Office <br />'GMO = Groundwater <br />Management OislIict <br />Office <br />lIE = WKWMP Radar <br />Site <br />/. = NWS Radar Site <br />r = NOAA Wind Profiler <br />Site <br />.,.. =Single engine cloud-base <br />... =T win engine cloud-base <br />~ = T win engine cloud-top <br /> <br />~~r~~~i\ Oklahoma <br /> <br /> <br />Wallace <br /> <br />i~~~t Gov. <br /> <br />Glee-I., <br /> <br />Wichita Soott <br /> <br />lane <br /> <br />.... <br />lTI <br /> <br />SC'I'-t:t. <br />GMDll <br />Finneg <br /> <br />Plowers <br /> <br />Hamikon Keamy <br /> <br />Colorado <br /> <br />':;~r .... <br />,..GO"', SYR <br /> <br />FOr}~ <br />DOC <br />NWS <br /> <br />LKNlIE""GCK' Gr.! <br />MDI3 <br /> <br />.. ' . <br />.-....'-,<~ '-.,~ ." <br /> <br />Baoa. <br /> <br /> <br />'-~1'~ii_;~ -:. <br /> <br />-,-' .~"'^ <br /> <br />Grant <br /> <br />as. <br /> <br />Seward <br /> <br />Cimarron <br />New Mex. <br /> <br />Tnas ~_ _,: ;.~"o'~. 8eawr <br />:-'~'~"-, ,,::;:}..y, <br /> <br />Fig. 1 <br /> <br />2 <br />