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Trans Pecos |
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Texas'
newest rain enhancement project made its inaugural
seeding flights in May 2003. The Association consists
of the Ward County Irrigation District and other
political subdivisions within Culberson, Loving,
Reeves, and Ward counties. Its target area in that
part of Texas along and west of the Pecos River
consists of 5.1 million acres. Trans-Pecos Weather
Modification Association (TPWMA) owns and operates a
C-band radar and ingests NEXRAD data from the Midland
site. TPWMA is a non-randomized operational program
for the primary purpose of increasing rainfall. Hail
suppression is not an objective of the program. |