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🌧️🌧️2025 Cloud Seeding Operations in Texas🌧️🌧️
Below is a list of active cloud seeding operations in Texas for 2025, based on the most recent available data. These operations are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)
1. South Texas Weather Modification Association (STWMA)
• Location: Based in Pleasanton, south of San Antonio.
• Target Area: Approximately 6.6 million acres, covering 10 counties (Bandera, Uvalde, Medina, Frio, Bexar, Wilson, Karnes, Bee, Atascosa, McMullen), stretching from the Edwards Plateau to near the coastal bend.
• Operation Details: Operates year-round, using aircraft to release hygroscopic flares containing calcium chloride or silver iodide. The program, established in 1997, is in its 28th year in 2025. It employs two pilots in Uvalde County and two in Karnes County, directed by a staff meteorologist using National Weather Service Doppler radar data.
• Funding: Supported by Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District, Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District, and a county commission.