WMOD00234

• Contract/Permit #: #93-5
• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater
• Project Name: Kansas Weather Modification
• Date: 1/1/1993
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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LIST OF FIGURES

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1993 Western Kansas Weather Modification
Target Area........... .... ... .... . . . .' . ... .. . .. . . . . ., 3

Counties Continuously Participating in the
\VKWM Program 1975 - 1993.............................4

l6-county Area Over Which Some Weather
Modification Has Been Performed......................4

Seeding a Typical Air-Mass Storm....................l0
Operations Flow Chart............................... 15

1993 Kansas Total Crop Hail Insurance Claims........24

NOAA/USDA Drought Severity Indices - Long Term
May 1 and September 4, 1993.........................32

NOAA/USDA Drought Severity Indices - Short Term
May 1 and September 11, 1993........................33

Rainfall Totals - 1993 (Inches) May - August........35

Percentage Departure From Normal Rainfall ~ 1993....36

WK\VM Target Area Total Crop Value
in Dollars 1985 - 1992..............................38

WKWM Target Area Total Crop Value
by Percen"Cage 1985 - 1992...........................38

WKWM Targe~ Area Crop-Hail Premiums Paid, Crop
Losses and Participating Counties 1985 - 1992.......40

WKWM Targe"C Area 4-Cr6p Farm Values and
Crop-Bail Liability 1985 - 1992.....................41

WKWM Target Area Total Crop-Hail Liabilities and
Loss Cost 1985 - 1992...............................43

WKWM Target Area Estimated True Farm Value
1985 - 1992.........................................45

WKWM Target Area Estimated Crop-Hail Losses
1985 - 1992.........................................46

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