MAT 1936 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 191
Altitude above mean sea level, Jan. 1. 1919
TABLE 2.-Data furnished by the Canadian Meteorological Sermce, May 1938
I II Preasure
II
I1
-
Statlon reduced to mean Of 24 hours
Statlon Depar- ture from normal
-.__
Mean max.+ mean min.+2
--
Mean manl- mum
Mean min!- mum
Depar- t urn from normal
--
In.
Mlanedom. Manltoba __________________ I 1.600 11 28.14
* R. 44.9 57.2 58.7 56.2 b5.8
57.4 49.4 55. 2 54.7
Kamloops Brltlsh Columbia ___________ I 1.E I/
25.62 Vleturla. drltish Columbla. ____________ 28.76 Esbvan Point, Brltbh Columlrla ____ ___ 20
--
O F. 34.1 36.3 40.8 41.7 38.8
37.2 35.5 41.4 31.2
Prince Rupert, Brltish Columbla _______ I 170 11 _________.
* F. 26 26 33 32 28
26
2.3 29 14
26
29 32 19 20
31 29
22 29
28
lea level reduced to mean
3t 24
hours
In.
29.93 20.81 28.92 28.89
29.83 29.87 28.89
29.95 B. 98
30.01
28.99
30.03 .w.oo 30.01 29.93
28.94
19.86
29.82
29.84 28. R9 29.94 29.88
29.89
30.00
.__-- ---.
- - - - - - - -.
__ - - - - -.
- - - __ - - -.
- __ - - - - -.
. - - - - - - -.
- __ - - -- -.
_-- _____.
--
In. 7.08 4.39 3.51 1.47 6.G
3.69 3.71 5.16 5.34
2.38 2.04 .72 3.49 2.79
1.10 .83
2.74 .94
1.92
Ca Ram Newfoundland _____________ $ey, C;pe Bretou Island. __________ allfax. Nova Scotia ___________________ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. _________-_--_- Ohnrlottetown. Prlnce Edward Island..
+.Ol 55.8
+.02 53.7 +.03 59.7 .-_-
~
-_-- 43.0
+.M 46.1
.________ 57.5 +.07 53.1 +.05 53.1 +.05 46.8 -.03 57.5
Fed In. 98 48 29.88 88 29.71 66 28.85 38 28.85
- - - - - - -.
-.02 65.8 ._----___ 49.8 -.os 55.4 .________ 58.4 -.lo 59.8
Chatham New Brmwlak _____________ Father P h n t , Qurbea .__________-_____- Quebec Quebec ________________________ Dotlcat: Que& ___.____________________
Ottawn, Ontarlo ________________________ Klnpaton. Ontario ...................... Toronto Ontario ....................... Cocllra& Ontarlo ______________________ Whlte Riber, Ontnriu __________________
61.6
~~~~
11
55.8 56. 1
-.04 t R .7
236 29.69 285 29.m 379 29.61 930 1.244 28.67
.W 62.6 .OO 54.6 ._______
~
51.5
._-_----- 47.8
Bn.6
82.7 70.1 53.2 57.9
69.4
64.1 64.1
57.7
71.2
69.6
61.7 69.8
72.0 73.9
75.3 09.3 60.0 73.0
Depar- ture from normal
44.9 44.7 47.3 32.8 34.4
45.6 42.1 42.2 35.9 43.8
41.0 37.8
41. 1
44.9 15.7
48.0 42.4 (3.3 44.5
Temperature of the alr
London Ontario ... .................... BouthaApton Outdo ____ _____________ Pmy Bound,Ontarlo. _________________ Port Arthur. Ontarlo ___________________ Winnipeg, Manitoba ___________________
808 28.31
ig 1
29.30 644
780 28.11
26 22 24 32 33
3R 28 30 32
.75 I -.70 1.10 _________ 1.72 +.07 3.31 _________ 1.21 -.55
.83 -.48
2.16 +.39 .67 --.a .45 -1.17
76.3 61.4 56.3
65.4
Hlghest
O F. 69 15 78 67 70
74 64 78 82
89 78 90
81 78
85 81
82
73 93
90 93 94
97 97
97 88 96 101
99 74 6 i
71
48.9 47.9 46.7
40.2
SEVERE LOCAL STORMS, MAY 1936
[Complled by Mary 0. Bouder from reports submitted by Weather Bureau offlcials]
. 11 Precipitation
-I1 I
Lowest
11
Total
- - -_ - - - - - +O. 61
-2.10
+a. 62
I
--.76
-. 21
-2.32 1 -.a
3211 9.081 _________
-
Total snowfall
In. 0.0
.o .6 .1
.6
2.2
.o T 6.1
.o .o .o 4.0 T
.o .o .1
.o T
.o 1.7 .o T .o
.o T .o .o
.o .o .o
.o
[The table herewith contains such data as have been received concarning severe local storms that occurred during the month. A revlsed list of tornadoes will appear in the Annual Report of the Chief of Bureau]
Sapello (near), N. Mex _______
Chsmberlno to La Union Inear) N. Mex. M&&ro NrMex. _.________ Hame, M h vlcinityof ...-- Plevns, Moni Pmlleamuth-. W a t Bend, Wb.. urd viclnlty
Llnooln Cokty, Wb., muth-
M portion.
Value of
prowrty destroyed Character of storm
Wind
Thunderstorm. Hail ____
Tornado- - ______ -.
Hall. ____________. Wind.
T h u n d e r s q u a l : and hail ________.
Tornado and hail.
Hall ______________.
____-do ______ - __ __ -. Wind ___._. _______ Tornado- - - __ - - __. Thundersquall.--.
Heavy raln, elec- trical.
Wtnd _____________
Remarks
Large barn and several small farm buildings blown down: path 155 milea long. Streets and underpasses flooded. some damage by lightning. 8torm path ran through Enld aAd Wautomis. estimated damage In former clty $2..500: gardens ruined, wlndows broken; roofs damaged and crops. especially whest. beaten down: patk I5 miles long. 11 persona Inlured; 4 rural homes corn letely destroyed loss to crocs$5,000;
property damage $35,W; path 2 m i k long. Roofs damaged. Property damaged.
In less than 2 hours 0.58 Inch of rain was recorded: hall fell In the northwest and northern section of Detrolt eastward over Iakee 8t. Clair; in Detroit only few windowpanes were damaged but flower gardens were ruined. heavy hall damage re orted along L a b St. Clair and 3 boys injured b; hail. A branch of t i e storm cut southeastward and struck over the Windsor, Ontario, section, wlth considerable damage, several roofs blow- ing off t r e a and telephone poles down. 2 men drowned when their boat capsized in the Detroit River near Trenton, Mich. 2 houses and 7 outbulldings destroyed. hail accompanied the storm over an area $1 to 2 miles wlde and marly40 miles long, covering the ground with an average de th of 4 Inches. Man seriously InJure$ losa to crops: many roofa damaged.
About two-thirdsoffrult on treaslost. Barn wrecked. Several small buildings wrecked: path short. 2.51 inches in 2% hours recorded: heaviest rainfall in Washington County since the disnstrous flood of 1924. heavy damage to roads. roofs of barns blown ofl and hayract demolishid. many thousand dollarb loss to newly seeded fields: some so severelv rut&d thst redantine will he necessarv. A cloudburst, accompanied h i one of the mosi violeit electricii s-wrms in recent yews, flooded roads over a wide area musing serere washouts along the Milwaukoe road: manv communication and power lines out of rom- mission because of Iightnlria. All creeks in the Corning, Scott and Pine River sections swollen. bridgos and culverts flooded and- tracks at numer- ous points washed out: passengers, mail and express were tranpferred from Waiisau to Merrill by automobile and truck. All nvailable sectlonwork- ers required to repair damage and restore service as soon as posdble. One side of the South Foster street bridge collapsed under the rush of watu which swept over the street to the north for about 2 blocks. Smail buildings damaged; trees broken o&
192 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
SEVERE LOCAL STORMS, MAY 1936-Continued
MAT 1936
Plaea
Garden Clty to Kalvesb
Gretna (near). KC.M _________. Ransom, Kana- ____________.
Atoka. Okla., 7 miles north,
Hanna, Okh ______________---
(-1, K-.
west.
Ashland, Okla _______ - - - ___ - _. Bonham. Tex ________________. Grove, Okla __________------_.
Webkrs Falls. Okla _________. Gore, Okh __________________.
Pnrsley Tor ________________. Horatlo: Ark., 3 miles south,
Ozan, Ark., 234 mllar east ___. Bouthem Colorado and north.
mt.
ern New Merlco.
Marlon, 8. C., viclnlty of _____ Teras, eattarn portion _______.
Mllwsulree, Wls _____________.
Dodge City, Kens., 1 mila north.
Madill. Okla.
~
_____
~
_________ Mlnneola (near) Kans _______ Randolph and d a y Counties, Ark. Elsex, Mo., and vlcinlty _____
Bllverhlll (near), Ala. - - _____ - Portland. Oreg. - _____________
Trempealeau County, Wls.,
Omaha, Nebr ________.________
northern portion.
Cottonwood Iowa -----_----- clay count;, ~a n ~., nortimrn
Junction Clty. K~M.. viclnltg portlon.
of.
and Cllnton, Iowa. Councll Blufls, Davenport,
Jo D a r k Carroll Ogle Whiterlde' Lee d d Mi Donough bountka, Ill. Mllledpvllle (near) Ill _______ LaFayette. Green. b d Bock counties, wir.
Dlckinson County, Km., northern portion.
Date
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7
8
8
8 8
8 8
8 Q
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10
11
11 11 12
11
13
16
17
ia
17
17
17
17
17
17 17
18
2haracter of stom
Small tornado -...
Wlnd ___________. Small tornado..-.
Tornado _______ ~.
Tornado and ralr
Tornado. - __ ___. .___do ________ _.__
.--.do _____ .- - - - -.
.___do _______ __ __. .__.do ____ - - - ____.
.___do ____________ .___do ____________
.-.-do _______ - - ___ Blizzard _________
~
Thundersquall ... romadcas. heavs raln and hall.
3mall tornado.---
Bail ___________ __ - lmall tornado.-.- Wind and hail - - -
Beavy wlnd and
Beavy hall _______ PhundersqualL.
hail.
Wlnd, hail. and rain.
Electrleal - - - __ - - - Eeavy hall _______
. __ .do-.- ___ __ - __ -
Wind, rain, and hall.
Ball _____ - - ____ - __
Wind- ________ ___ Wlnd and hail..-
Eeavy hall _______
Remarks
Orlginated 5 miles southeast of Garden Clty and ended near Kalvesta. Several funnel clouds Seen near olnt of origln. Chief damage to small buildings near Garden City; pat: 30 miles long. Damage only to 1 farm. Several outbulldlngs. chlcken houses and garage blown over; some damag to larger buildings; path 2 miles long. 1 Derson infured: larue country home. bulk of native rock. comoleteb db. .-.
molished; ' - % persons I n j q d , 4 seriously; 15 homes destroyed and 5 damaged. While 2 local nhvnlcians worked over the Inlured. 2 ambulances from Eulauln
~
-.
~~ ~ ~, ~ ~ ~
..._.
were fio'aid~twie across-flooded-MI11 Creek to remove the wriously In- ured to a hospltai at Eenryetts. Farmers. busy removing livestock from
b ' erns in the creek bottom, deserted their interests to help the ambulances across. 2 persons Injured; 12 houses and a church badly damaged. 5 persons inlured; property damaged. 12 persons Injured. several homes and outbulldlngs In the southern portlon of town wrecked; path seveml miles long. l0C-foot steel brldge wrecked. property damaged. path 8 miles long. 6 persons Injured. family of i injured by UJrtng ;lass when thelr home WIU
demollshed; houses and outbuildings slow the south edge of town wrecked. No serious darnage reported. 20 persons InJured; path 10 miles long.
Pronertv damneed . ~_r
....
o._
11 to 2( Inches of snow In 12 hours recorded; snowdrlfts, from 3 to 5 feet deep; 150 motorists. including 4.5 pmsengers in 2 transcontlnental buses UltraDDed on tOD Of Raton PaSS: telephone Polar and tW4S down. Trlnl- dad, Colo., andoutlying Sections isolated.
~
Damage cnnflned mostly to roo18 and chlmneys. Crops ruined in some areas fruit was stripped from trees: much 1lvesStOa)r killed or crippled. At least 20 bridges destroyed and rallroad whedulen Interrupted because of trnck damage. Twlsters struck near LlnBale. Corsicana, Bonham, and Omaha. Heavlest rain a t Tyler, Tex., 7 Inches havlng fallen b noon; soaking rains reported from Longvlew, Athens Marshall. C l a r h l l e , Bulphur Springs, Omaha. E n d s Park, and surround& areas. Heavy hail damaged m p s and residences In the vlclnity of kaco. where hallstones were described as large as hen eggs. The tornado that struck the Tyler area was Erst reported at Mount Bylvan about midnight where several small houses and barns were destroyed and trees uprooted; 2 mlles east of Llndale a 7-room house was blown 30 feet from Its foundation. At Omaha, 2 persons were ln- Jured when thelr new home wns demollshed and they were blown acrow the highway and found lying on to of a neighbor's roof. In Athens Tex railway trn5c was halted on 1 {ne and many hrid as and culvert; wash'ed out; streets damaged and heavy losses sustalnea by farmen, in one of the heaviest rains in the history of Henderson County. Trafec was halted on many country roads and activity In the Cayuga 011 Eeld area wm held up after a large *tee1 bridge between the fleld and Palestlne had been washed out. 311 placas struck by lightning; an electrical transformer put out of com- mission, disrupting service in its viclnity. Roof of a church and a chlmney of a residence struck by Ilghtning. Whlrling cloud did not reach the ground; no damage reported.
Loss to crops $5 W property damage $500
Whirling cloud hld hot reach the ground. no damage reported. Beveral houses and barns destroyed bb w!nd In Bhannon, Randolph County. property damage $5 OM); loss to crops from hall $50 OOO.
Loss to cdtton. corn, and gardins by hail, U0,OOO; property damnre from wind $25,000. Loss to crops. Lightning and wind caused damage to electrlc wlres: trees blown down: tra5c interrupted. Destruction conflned to 2 areas each from 2 to 3 miles loas In Hale and Chlmney Rock; 6 barns completely destroyed and 6 others damaged, many small bulldlngs wrecked or damaged. Storm, extremely severe and one of the worst of Its klnd ever erperlenmd extended from the Municlpal Airport wsstward beyond Fort Omaha and northwestward to Florence. The storm aree atretched out wdh lsss severlty 86 far west as Irvington and to the north of Florenca; mmlle wlnd and excessive hall and preclpltation recorded. several houoes blown off their foundations one totally destroyed. Ndmber of roo& blown off or badly damaged: trees uprooted. No funnel-shaped cloud posltlvely men. A malor feature of the storm WBS a freshet In the hill district wart and north of Fort Omaha ahlch sent a wall Df water through the Fort carrying enormous puantltles of hall and debis with It. Parks, strwts, basements, first floors of residenms, and stores were flooda 6,oOO claims for Insurance flled. Bmall railroad station destroyed after belng struck by lightning. Ea11 thlck on ground the followlug day; wheat, oats, and gardens ruined; path l2mlles long. Loss to crops, path 4 miles long.
[ndlan Creek smne of a $1 800 OOO floodcontrol pro ect In Council BlulIl suffered udestlmated dah&; 2.28 Inches of .rain h. Water carrld hgsvy trees and debris down the channel destroying Ironwork p l d PI
a base for the concrete In constructlon work; all 6 of the Lemporary dsmr In the creek were carried away. More than 1,OOO panes of glass In 1 greenhouse broken and 275 homes wlthout telephone servlca. Clinton, Iowa, acros the Btate from Council Blufls described thk storm ea the worst In reoent years' In the residential d i s t h t the street llghting system was out of mmmlssidn. trafec Interrupted and many treea uprooted. In Davenport, rain mesdured 0.74 Inch and no serloua damage m rted. several minor automobile accldents due to bllndlng raln; some wEdowi broken and communlcatlon servloe disrupted for an hour. Several thousand dollarp damage to wlndows and roofs; loss to crop.
MAT 1936
Cheyenne County Kans., I
90
1 3:30 p. m--l 6 1 ______ 1 W,WO 1 Heavy hail ___-____ northwestern portion.
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
SEVERE LOCAL STORMS, MAY 1936-Continued
HaUtonm drifted to depth of 10 Iwt In piam and not melted aIbr wveml days; too early for much crop loss.
193
P h
Hlllrbonmgh, N. J ___________
La Onn and Wappinpn
Byrrcurs, N. Y ______________.
Cohm. N. Y __._.__.__._____.
Falls. R Y .
Stunrt. Pls.
~
________________ SIOUX Cit Iowa ____________.
D~dm City. Kan~., 6 mlb
Turner loanty. P. D.L .____
Rmkfa't, Kw., 5hilea was1
Wnmblea. 8. Dak., viclnityof Menno, 8. Dak ______________ 8 i o u Falls, 8. DaL., vlelnit:
Cheyenne, Wyo _____________
Charles &b, Iowa ____-__---
wt.
or.
Jennln s and Jeflerson Coun
Orleans. Ind., S mlles north
Penramla, Fb .______________
tles, fnd.
e&.
Mountain Park N. Mex-.-. Cowlw, N. Me; _________ ____ Lamar Carlton, and Holly COlOI
Date
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18
18
19
18 18
21- as
21-22 2:
z
z
a:
z
z 2:
a:
r
Z!
24
L
n n 31
31
Time
7:30 p, m..
3:31-3:35 p. m. 4:M p. m-.
z p. m.-..
500
5,350
3haracter of storn
Tornado. ____ ___.
Hail _______ ____
Wind and hail. _.
Tornado - - __ - - - - .
Hall. - ______ ____ Thunderstorm.. .
Wind, electrical and rain.
sqllalls. .
~
.___ __ Thunder-tom. Thundersquall.-
Tornado and dus
Tornado. - - - __ __
-.-.do- - - - ______
Wind. - _________ Wind and rain.. Heavy rain------
Heavy hall------
Wlnd and hail. -
-__-do ______ __ - - -
Tornado. - - _____
Remarks
A lamer observed from a window In his house a ire& tornado which lifted his barn contading a mowing machine, 2 wkgons, several plows, a hay- rack. and 8 chlckens, 50 1ee.t in the air and dropped It, as flat 88 a ancake, 100 yards from Its foundation. Other farm buildlngs were not $waged. An automobile, pnrksd as close as possible to the barn to protect it from the raln, was untouched; 8 fruit trees near the barn uprooted. Thia tornado slresked dlrect.ly across the Hufl Iarm and disappeared as aud- denly 8s it came, no other farm In this district being affected. Loss to apple crop.
Several shade trees and electric tmrmlssion Lines blown down.
A waterspout. after passing over the Hudson Rlver, took on tornadic char- actar in north Troy. ROOIS were torn Irom 2 sheds of an ice plant 1 roof being found across the dyke on Oreen Itland, about 500 feet away! Res. idents who saw the tornado said that low-hanginE clouds from the north- nest seemed to meet over the south end of the clty. Immediately there appeared a funnel-shaped cloud movlng Last toward the east.
Loss to Iruit crop. Llghtnlng struck a steam boiler In a sawmlil causing an explodon, instantly killing 1 man and seriously injuring 4 othen. Storm started d#xing the evening of the 2lst and after 2.73 Inch- of rdn le11 subslded until 2.10 p. m of the 22d wh& It ralned again. brlnglng the a m k t to 5.50 Inch@ by 8 p:'m. Thc recently completed earth nnd stone dam nt T,ake Wagner broke, tearing a W4oot hole at the dee st part of the lake where the dam Is 30 feet thick and I feet high. J%ge hsrn mrersl brooder houses rind smdl garaco destroyed; much crop loss: man; Iarmers must replan1 corn as the seeds were washed out or covaed wlth miid. Path narrow.
Sey&ii boss-beachid-and eeveral ruak. 1 .i B inches 01 rain recorded in 2 hours; a workman killed and 7 others injured. Shade trees and poles blown down; mlnor damage to buildings.
Dense dust w8s wen LUI the cloud reached the ground; no damage reported.
4 distinct tornado runnels observed about 5 miles south of Parker; several
Nuniher of small huildlnp blown down; damage not estlmated; path 1,320
Several small bul1dlng.r and windmills destroyed. Property dnmaged; loss to livestock. Rome flelds inundated necessitating replanting of crops.
Depth of hall on the ground meosured from 1 to 4 inches. In a southerly direction. this storm, extended along a path 2 miles wide into Colorndo. Loss to cropst6.0a); property damaged; chickens and young livestock killed.
Crop loss; trees; trees In 2 large apple orchards stripped.
Storm appeared first as a waterspout over eaat Pensamla Bay tunnel-shaped cloud, poorly deflned and 01 dark grey color, was attended by light rain and asllrht ronrina sound: the debrband trees were mostly in a northeaat-
small buildings demollshed; trees uprooted; path 10 mlles long.
yards long.
southwest dlrectlon. Losp to cherry and apple crop. Automoblle topi damaged. Crops not far enough advanced lor loss. As a result 01 heavy downpours In tbe extreme lower Arkansas Rlvet Valley flood stages occurred in the Arkansas River from the v'iclnity 01 Lama; to that 01 Holly. 5 persons were drowned. $397.500 damage to highways brld as, etc.; S'h.OO0 to matured crops;'$50,000 to prospective crops: invofvln? 4,000 acres; and $11,000 livestock loss. Roof of porch torn down and piem of metal roo- struck a man in the neck causing instant death.
southwest dlrectlon.
h 9 S to CherrV and aDDh CTOD.
Automoblle fops damaged. 'Crops not far enough advanced lor loss. As a result 01 heavy downpours In tbe extreme lower Arkansas Rlvet Valley flood stages occurred in the Arkansas River from the v'iclnity 01 Lama; to that 01 Holly; 5 persons were drowned; $397.500 damage to highways. brld as, etc.; SP.OO0 to matured crops; $50,000 to pr&pectlvi crops, invofvln? 4,000 acres; and $11,000 livestock loss. Roof of porch torn down and piem of metal roo- struck a man in the neck causing instant death.
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