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<br />:' <br /> <br />. i <br /> <br />looate with some baing embedded in a large area of storms and. <br />unable to be seeded at all, especially in Grant and Has}l;ell <br />counties. Eventually, the storms which developed in Stanton, Grant, <br />Haskell and Gray count~e8 became organized into a nearly east-west <br />l1ne and moved southerly out of the target area. All seeding ended <br />at 1:47 A.m. Total flight time was 23.8 hours. <br /> <br />AUGUST 25th - OPERATIONAL OAr #48: Three aircraft were scrambled at <br />7:50 p.m. a8 severe thunderstorms built in Gove county; vigorous <br />smaller new clouds alao began developing in northern Scott County <br />about the same time. The fourth cloud base plane was scrambled at <br />~~Q5 D'~' The new clouds 1nScott County. died quicklyleav1ngthe <br />severe storm 1n Gove moving 'south-southeasterly toward Lane County <br />as the primary focus of attention. <br /> <br />Seeding began at 8:23 p.m. and others join~ at' 8:53, 9:05 and <br />9:98 p.m. As the storm complex moved slowly toward Lane County, <br />the sun went down causing surface temperatures to cool, thereby <br />decreasing the available energy to the complex. Seeding continued <br />until 9:29 p.m., at which time the dissipating complex lay just <br />north of Lane County. As it moved into northern Lane, theco~plex <br />continued decreasing in height and intensity while being patrolled. <br />Ji'l ightll Glln~lid thli1.r. patrnlll hliT\oIaRn q. '\":\ linn ell "A [l m. anti t"illIt1\rned <br />to their respective bases. Total flight time was 9.2 hours. <br /> <br />r t; IJc ~ <br /> <br />~ D. smJ.;?t-b <br />Program Manager, <br />Western Kansas weather Modiflcat10n <br />