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',' ":., closer to the Colorado state line. Seeding began in this new area at 4:41 p.~. Three aircraft seeded this new line of storms until 4:55 p.m.---when updrafts began dililappear.i.ng. One plane left to join in seeding in NE stanton---which was the storm earlier near Big Bow---leaving the other two to continue seeding from near Syrac~se to Coolidge until 4:58 p.m. The cloud top aircraft was unable to get .i.nto the proper parts of the line of storms acr~ss wast-central Hamilton at 4:49 p.m. due to hail aloft being cast into its seeding path; so, it also went to NE stanton where it seeded briefly at 5:10 p.m. S~all hail was thrown into its seeding area on that storm as well. With overall new storm growth and intensification ebbing, the cloud top plane was sent bact to its Dodge City base at 5:13 p.m. ' At 5:11 p.m. one plane located strong new updrafts on a new storw again near Coolidge and seeding for hail then began. A seoond plane joined at 5:20 p.m.; radar indicated hail in the cloud at 5:22 p.m. The other two cloud base planes seeding in northeast Stanton were sent to assigti however, when they arrived the cloud already had begun dissipating almost as quickly as it had developed having no significant updrafts indicative of hail development. Seeding was scaled back at between 5:45 p.m. and 5:51 p.m., as each of the two planes seeding that area ended; a third plane continued to seed weak updrafts for rainfall stimulation until 6:10 p.m. Total flight time today during operations was ll~9 hours. MAY 24th, OPE~~IONAL O~y #10: The operational day began shortly after midn:l.ght to perfontl rain stimulation in southern Haskell County. One aircraft scrambled at 12:25 a.m. and intermittently seeded a single cloud from 1:04 to 1:24 a.m. but the cloud was weak and did not persist. ' In the afternoon, around 3 p.m., severa) vigorous new storms began developing in S(':!o,tt County. Mere severe stO!'ll1s already. had developed in Logan and Gove counties and were moving southeasterly toward WiChita, Scott and Lane counties. All planes were scrambled between 3:03 and 3:08 p.m. Cloud base seedi.ng began in south- central Scott at 3:38 p.m.i two other clond base planes and the cloud top aircraft joined in seeding two storms in Scott County between 3:42 and 3:55 p.m., whereas, at 3:42 p.m. one l.ast cloud bee plane began seeding north of Scott county in Gove---where cloud tops there were measured at 60 thousand feet at 4:17 p.~. The Gave storm was reported as collapsing at 4:28 p.m.---cloud base updrafts were non-existent and a gust front was pushed out to the sOllth. ,This gust front later appeared to affect storm intensification significantly further south in Finney, Gray, HaSkell and Ford counties. When an appanmt "lull" is storm growth occurred during this time one aircraft landed briefly to do maintenance on one ot its wing generators and was airborne again soon. Seeding continued in several parts of Scott County on different storms through 5:15 p.m. and continued onto other storms newly develop1ng in north- central and eastern Finney County, north of Ingalls, where III very severe storm developed.