Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-05
Fourth Class Po.tmastsrs.
The FRlsKY TORNADO.

ksnant FinIey's study Of the Habit of
beast Whose Course Nothing Can
I. uNGrUS, October THE Phenom-
bf the tornado, and to the scientific
81 OF which DR.. John P. Finley, of the
q service corps, has devoted about
s &H years, are Row 80 vel understood as
bsrrsnt the belief that g Trustworthy
hing may seem to be sent out TO the
:. stle OF localities which may be threaten
" BIZ violent visiJAlions. Daily predictions
|ts6n fact being made; having begun last
80 and continued during the tornado sea
|1n. and resumed recently on the return OF
1f. Finley from sn inspection tour IN the
rtst
Tbe percentage Of veri6cstions is already
..anfyiDg though the predictions are large
= Experimental and are embodied IN daily
,nbhshed bulletins of the sigual office only
- q the conditions favorable to the crea-
la of to-Radots are very pronounced. In
81 cases severe local storms are noted as
,pSbsble.
10 reporter OF the Associated Press
L,tnt FluIey recently described the known
.I d ,meUa Of tornadoes and the ends to-
'Rtds witch the present researches
80 dire ted
he forms have
IDistiuctiIy Marked characteristics
are by no mesUs 10 be eOntOunded
~ hurricanes "blizzsrds, cyclones
ttIorihessters Their tracks are never
! 80 than q few hundred yards wide and
"a forces are generally exhausted by the
s theT have travelled forty or fifty miles,
! oRh in this latter respect they are quite
kble, some having been traced
.N their lines OF devastation
- than one hundred aud eighty miles
~ rotary motion, which is greatest to-
d he center, sometime reaches the euor-
.>t tAte Of two thousand miles sn hour,
.|4thtir forward movement, always from
- 70 northwest, ordinarily does not
xettd forty or FIFTY miles, They are IN
nnx accompanied BY electrical disturb,
,t ~ en6 are believed to be uninhuenced
N eI1tticsf conditions, though violent
'te horns sometimes follow them few
|..|<@ &4Ay. There Is q distinct and curl
~ n. .pnship between
a. %rnadO and the Geseral storm
Centre
.'>., slgays APPARENT in their uniform
1s,| the tornado always occurring
't.I hardly from the centre Of low bar
~ 1|sssure, and q distance from 100
IS S6t 'les The shape Of the general
.|.,.4, ne, the direction in which Its
.1t |.I hmeter lies, and the appearance
~ l..per ard lower clouds enter 50
q tents into which the proolem odt
teatLeT experts hope to ward 8
sI1 3stsm Of 20 -nsdo warnings.
Habits Of the Beast.
4 ri.'ls Of the tornado are commonly
W ~ he hours Of two and six o. clock IN
I. k>tcon. It's home is an area which
1a| he whole Of Iowa, all OF Alssoarl,
81 Is southwestern corner, the nortl-
.. ruer OF Arkansas, the northeAs-
.. <. of the Indian Territory, eastern
/.ts,.s. eastern Nebraska, southern Mn
:, ,'.' s. soutkern Wisconsin and western llh-
Z 50. Rere It's season extends from April
N s 1<ust, inclusive. Il Is . frequent
-f.<> 10 other regions, one q
-. /. 'alorg the Gull and south Atlantic
Z. ~ hieh takes in the entire portion OF
4 ..<1ssa Georgis aud South Csrolins with
'r.sn. N in Mississippi and North Carolina,
.'...> I. tssh lie deyastsions are confined, to
.st 1onihs Of January, February and
The other includes 9 portion OF
+, ~ aud Central Ohio. g large part OF
s .' 4. = y Mania aud q small area In Maryland,
s. Y. cross New York and 9 corner each
}, (. z'. aehustt's snd Connecticut, where II
~ ssspoD ouly during the months OF
nst and Ssptembsr. Lieut. FINLEY
R.r ssid. able q host Of interesting
- C QUESTIONS respecting the origin OF
css and Of tbe bss which govern
& sd their rriati0Bsbipt 10 OIher meteor
\. q pkeuone-a remains % oe ansSer'
h P5acslcaa Questions
y Il ard ehere Iksy are likely 70 81
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