Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-13


t,r..0o. Nefeorologiste apply the term
.,f.rneJp" ocyclone-storIus Of local cha
ro,for vhica have the popularity Of excess
s.trbirb wind currents passing spirally iu-
,,a-5s AND upwards. and when especially
.lo direction of these violent winds ss
..l.. nearly vertical than horizontal. u
..rfn. probable 90 The writer that the
tornado De- only a more violent and intense
exhibition OF thunder and hail-storn con-
rinon.. I'm the case OF tornadoes the enor-
r.u- forces generated by the sudden dis
r-.r.ou ~ very unstable atmospheric con-
,..n.s find effect in the development ~
violent Whirlwiuds instead oi forming hoii
g. inducing extraordinary electrical ccndi-
IONS.
Tigr MOST Destructive TORNADO
v..i.n narrow limits and recent wears WAS
flat oi Apuils. 1899. through which Marsh
81. r.. Mo-. wa almost entirely demolished,
.... one hundred lives lost and several
hundred injured. ON February 80. 1884,
However. Rr unparalleled series OF lorna
G. occurred In Che interior part, Of North
n.. ~olth Carolina and Georgia. IL Ala
lama. kantucky. and Illinois. being mot
o. .uc.lvo in tho -four States FIRST named.
gid. la.- oi property was hardly create:
f.ar that now experienced bt tive Louis
Stll. tornado, bar The los, of ,ilc Doubt IS
,,.rc7cd FIVE hundred, ana thc injured
u1rc than Thousand.
rur rrcurT uEsrI-s.
tari f-om Louisville. with its death list
a. -.,Uufl-Avo. 'fat of Metropolis doubt
f..f placed. and G.a-coe thirty victims. at
f.t.t twenty-five Others were lost lr lorna
does developed on the evening u
-rrel 9th. Tho data concerning
l.s of life and property is at tins
smiling indefinite and yaglo. save IN
tu. c.sc of Louisville; but at twenty
viIei. .y.rafc1 points in Kentucky Zen
u..-n. Indiana. Illinois. ann nii, the
t.t.f l.. of Efc aggregates over 40 Bun
Owed. with more than one thousand houses
IL .irYt.I. Tho entire valuation OF Losses
estimated at tire, and half millions
probably it viii mot iali f0r short OF that
fr.r1t as the prouerig lOss n Louisville
So sbaai two and q half millions. and The
,.. -trrntcd estimate frOl many places
QI|l le couuttrDamuced bv losses not get
reported.
~ WHAT sTArIs.
% is significant of the Importantly which
.t,.II prevails as t. the distribution Of tor
.I.loe- that those Serious nnd Yiolcnt
storm. occurred over "a section If the coun-
d.. whore not dozen. and i'm some parts
r,t bait % dozen. OF these storms have ever
boon known. and tins feet cmphos hes the
minor importance which mould nc placed
lh' lNpllc I'D yen. W" oe,i'.ttd y-ith
.'I' .I., '-.'.i ~ 49,. .,,te+,'pt fb9f
-' wi 49, , 10 VI
'i' r.' now. ,..,,f,od nj
-, .l-''. 49,. ,r.,,,.l...,. Son,t-
1..,3,...o n,.i ec9thrrr Illinois So
VIZ. -iorus. however. prevailed during
March 1fth 9th. OF " Oh in Colorado, Kan
s4-. Missouri. Nebraska. aud NNconein,
vl over ODE lahc region, resulting in GAM
n-e Z" buildings and shipping. ~ hNeS,
however; Ep, l",' ,'t' Nt 'n' '4'"No"''
i''i """ 'n' INJURY -''''
ToENtno CONDITIONS.
p j. 1f iuterC o. note that these lorna
does occurred neither during the months
,e ,,r,.t,-t fre1uepcv ,Anril % July). nor
durin. the hours of greatest frequency
ttgpfoJ 4. MJ They couiorpcd. how
.,.r. IN other respects To Characteristic
..,,nl. conditions -trat IA. they occurred
in ih. -orth,a-t,rlV oualraut of q low-arca
STORM. and instead of bong in the immedi-
atr. vicinity of storr-ccntre, they were
..rerlI hundred milo. 9th, sJut haasiWafd.
IU.u uh decided contrasts Of temporal
tur. and dcW-point~ obtained: warm
h,gly winds and atmosphere nearly
or quito saturated with aqueous Napor
Dol thn storm front, high, cold northerly
N...Hs with low dcw-points and quite dry
sr directly nm rear of the storm centrc.
m. tornadocs az Louisville and adjacent
points were accompanied by the funnel
shaped cloud. winch lerrl considers t."
Dee chAi', toi-,'''I, Ai ~l t
"' .t,..., ~ 9,nl1 cloud.
10
1uE LOUISVILLE TORNADO
The sharp contrasts of temperature may
=. Illustrated bv tine conditions az Y. NJ.
March nth. Vbcnr tcmperaturea at Louis
,,ila ya. DG degrees. M indianapolis. 100
,1ii,. distant. as degrees; M Cincinnati. 50
milo. DISTANT Az degrees making in the
rr., ,a.r ono decree change 90 every five
miles. and IN tEc latter to every four miles.
A. An. Sam. time cold air. al or near the
tre.line roiut. was violently blowing
-r toward hr storm centre from the north
.,..tat CHICAGO at The rate of 40 miles PEI
..-lr. and lrsm tar northwest nj Spring
f.li' Mo-. with velocity of a. miles.
\,..r,o air with "A teup,ratur. of 8 de-
rr,.s WIS also blowing AT Alchphl4 from
'ac -outhWest' WIN ieio,l'f "I ~ lnigs
Na-ht 'l'' wy '.',.'N ~, = .c ~.
ii ny l,'' VIZ ~ '. ~. W. W.
.Nu " .li.i-', .l,ot ,,,,.,,
l-, 'H' w ..' ~ ,.;-.i,,,t I-f
'Nt l'' '', ,,,. .,.,i -
lnr coz l'-a'5 l -, ~, y;
points anu 'iie OFT. Ei'"', nus VIZ s"ii'-
UIt.' lNtIh'H 10 Iu"tiN h't 'iLiN wv F''i-