The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-07-03

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Storms During ten Nay, 1873
storms have traversed the country
cast Of the Rocky Mountains. Z -
l. May l,2 and 3. Apparently
originating on tho last day Of April
in the Rocky Mountains, the center
of this storm progressed eastward over
Kansas, Missouri, northern Indiana,
southern Michigan and LIKE Erie.
moving thence southeastward over
Pennsylvania and Maryland to the
Atl,ntic, sending out branch on the
I'd over Ohio, Virginia, Chesapeake
Bay and hence off the coast It's
passage was attended by heavy rains
and brisk and high winds from the
Mississippi to the Atlantic, slcet and
snow falling in New England.
2. May 4 to Supporting fpt
in southern Texas, this storm moved
slowly northeastward over Arkansas,
Missouri, Illinois, sou hern Michigan
and Lake Huron. The highest winds
during its passage. were experienced
on the cnast of Tex,s Il o Low'r
Lake and the middle Atlantic coast.
i 3. May s and o. Developed
among the mountains Of North Caro-
lima and moved northcastward along
tho middle Atlantic coast, accompanied
by heavy rains and high winds.
4. May go and 1O.-Appeared
first in Kansas and moved eastwar1
over Missouri, and thence rapidly
northeastward over Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan and southern Lake Huron
into Canada. Heavy rains FILL in
northern Illinois aRd eastern Iowa,
and belt of lighter rains and trisk
winds, from four hundred to eight
hundred miles in width, attended its
p, ogrcss.
5. May IL and 49, Like Sd,
this storm seemed to develop among
the mountains Of North Carolina,
passing northeastward over Virginia,
eastward over Chesapeake bay, and
again northeastward along the coast
to New Brunwick. ,..a y..
6 May IL and l3.-Travcled from
Minnesota very rapidly eastward over
the Lake, st. Lawrence valley and
northern New England to Nova
Scotia, causing light rains and high
winds throughout its course. b t
7. May j. IT and IS. FROM
the plains of Kansas and Indian Ter
ritory this storm center moved east.
ward over southern Missouri, sorth-
eastward into Alabama, and then
again eastward off tho coast, rapidly
diminishing in intensity alter. crossing
tie Mississippi. Considerable rain fell
in all the Southern States, except
Texas, but no dangerous winds were
reported,
g May Is, 10 and 90 Develt
cp;ng in the south Western plains this
depression travlel rather slowly north.
eastward from the Indian Territory
over Lake Michigan and Huron into
CaRada attended by rain-belts and
fresh TO brisk winds throughout the
Lake region and western sections Of
the country -.s.
0. May 81 to a. Montana;
this disturbance moved slowly eastward
over Dakota, crossing, with somewhat
increased velocity, Minnesota, the
Upper Lakes, the st. Lawrence valley,
Main and Nova Sc tia. causing by its
slow progress, several days of cloudy
and rainy weather over the entire
porti IN of the country. It was during
is passage over tho Northwest that
the terrible and destructive tornado
swept through Iowa.
10. Two deprcssions, one slowly
decending from the upper Missouri
valley. the other moving northward
over Kansas aud Nebraska seemed to
unite in southern Dakota to form this
storm centre. From Dakota it moved
southcastward into Iowa, northeast.
ward to Lake Superior, and thence
nearly due east over the st Lawrence
valley, Mime AMI New Brunswick
Its rain.bclts reached nearly the whole
country east of the Mississippi, and
brisk winds, increasing occ .siona!ly
to high, were experienced throughout
the northern sections.