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<br />, <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />-) <br /> <br />By 3: 00 p. m. the NE-S\i oriented line lay near Lakin and <br />extended S'i into NW Stanton County; it was joined to II NW-SE <br />oriented line extending BE from near LS\kin toward Sublette and <br />Meade. Seeding continued along both lines. The NW-SE line <br />event.ually coutracted into a l!l1Jlall area of potential hail-bearing <br />storms in Finney COUlity, near Garden City, and was seeded by two <br />aircraft as they moved intb eaEotern Finney and BE Lane counties, <br />Other seeding continued along the NE-SW line in front of that <br />northerly mov1ug linE! into GI-ealey, Wichita, Walla.ce and Scott <br />counties. 'Seedillg ended around 5: 18 p. m. and further seeding <br />prospects were not good deepi te the nume,rous I ight showers st 111 <br />occurring. As the evening wore on, scattered rainsnowers and <br />thundershowers continued, mostly over Gray and FOrd counties: no <br />seeding was perfcrm~d. <br /> <br />AUGUST 24th---OPERATIOHAL DAY #47: Vigorous storms began building <br />just south of Ford County by mid-t:dtenwon and were moving NE-ENE. <br />All planes were scrambled around 2: 45 p. ra. and went to eastern Ford <br />County where st:,eding was pel'formed on stonns along the eastern edge <br />of the county intermittently between 3:28 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Some <br />hail $uppression was performed in !Small, strong updraft reglons, <br />but mostly, seeding was for rainfall augment,atiar.. <br /> <br />~4 J9 J;;a <br /> <br />Curtls n. Smith <br />Program Mnnager, <br />Western Kansas Weather Modification <br />