Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-27
IMMENSE RAINFALL.
The PrOtracted Storms on the Atlantic
COlst-AeeUracy Of Weather
Bureau Reports.
Rain from the CarOlinaS to the Lakes,
and Very Severe from Mary
land to Connecticut.

From the New York Tribune of August 2lst.I
One week ago last Monday the wealth
er-bureau probabilities warned the
people that occasional rains' might be
expected in almost every part Of the
United States. These predictions were
generally correct, with the exception Of
heavy rains in eastern Kansas. The
following morning, August 18th, "Oc-
casional rains" were again set down for
all parts Of the country, but IN the north
west and the upper-lake region the
weather was generally fair or cloudy.
In all other sections east of the Rocky
mountains cloudy and rainy weather
predominated, while local storms and
heavy rains were experienced in many
places throughout the gulf, south, and
middle Atlantic States, the Ohio valley
and Tennessee. On August 18th
the probabilities" were cloudy
weather and rain for the middle Atlantic
States, threatening weather and rain for
New-England, occasional rain and
clearing weather for the lOwer-lakes and
as far south as West Virginia; occasion
al rain near the coast in the south At
lantic States, and cloudy weather and
local storms for all sections of the cOun-
try. That day, however, the ''probabil-
itiesn were deceptive, for a severe wind
and rain storm was experienced through
out the middle Atlantic States. The
storm was due to an anti-cyclOnic storm
OF great dimensions in and north of
Canada, and the absence of signal sta
tiOns in the dominion prevented the
Weather Bureau from giving a timely
warning of the approach of the storm.
The storm covered the country from the
CarOlinas to the lower-lake region and
southern NeW-England, being particu-
larry severe in Pennsylvania and New
jersey, attended by brisk to
high northeast winds on the
coast from Maryland to Connecticut.
Rain areas were also reported from Ten
nessee and the gulf States, and heavy
rains from western Minnesota; clear or
partly cloudy weather from Kentucky
and the lower Missouri valley to the up
per lakes, and from northern New Eng
land and the st. Lawrence valley. The
following day, August 18th, occasional
rains were predicted for all sections ex-
cept the south Atlantic States, where gen.
orally clear weather, with occasional rains
near the coast, was to be expected. The
storm Of the day before continued in the
middle States, and extended north
eastward over New England, being par
ticulaTly severe along the coast from
New Jersey to Maine. On the fourteenth
the storm spent its fury, but heavy
rain-falls have continued every day
since in the greater portion of the middle
States. Light rains have also been
reported from the west and most Of the
southern States during the last four or
five days. Little damage to property or
to the crops has been done by these
storms, except on the night Of the
twelfth and during the thirteenth and
fourteenth instant. When the storm
first broke in the middle States, the i'm
mense fall of rain and the heavy winds
that prevailed destroyed great deal o.
property in eastern Pennsylvania and
Maryland, particularly along the rail
road lines, and along the coast of New
Jersey, and ruined the crops in some To-
calities. Local hail-storms also did a
great deal o. damage to the crops, espe-
cially in Pennsylvania and some por-
tions of New York and Maryland. The
storm has been unusually protracted, and
greater amount Of water has all ready
fallen during the month than during
any whole nohth since 1864, with the
exception OF the months of June and
August. 1867, and July, 1872. The
depth of water in the Mississippi, Ohio,
and Missouri rivers has varied consider
ably during the past ten days, in some
instances as much as fifteen inches, but
the average depth is now about the
same as at the beginning of the storm.
The weather reports have generally
proved to be substantially correct, al
though the occasional rains" have not
always been as light az the reports
would seem to indicate.