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Study area defined from the study by Colman (1990). PRECIP Study Area
Plot of the number of elevated thunderstorms (reports/station) identified over a 4-year period (September 1978-August 1982); reproduced from Colman (1990).  The orange block is the PRECIP targeted study area. Zoomed plot of study area (eastern Kansas and western Missouri) and several of the NWS WSR-88D Doppler radar sites in the region with range circles every 100 km: Topeka, Kansas (TWX); Pleasant Hill, Missouri (EAX); Springfield, Missouri (SGF); Tulsa, Oklahoma (KINX); Wichita, Kansas (KICT); and also St. Louis, MO (KLSX).  Red shading indicates regions where radars overlap at 100 km.