The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-25
HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT.
influence of the Foul Weather on the
Cotton and Rice Harvest.

influence of the Foul Weather on the
| Cotton and Rice Harvest.
The renewal Of the rainy season and the
very heavy rain falls of yesterday and last
night must prove quite damaging to the
rice planters. 1t not only damages the crop
In stack, but also the over-rfpe grain in the
field not yet harvested, and a. long as this
unsettled weather continues planters cannot
harvest the rice. nor can they risk shifting
the grain in stacks for fear that it will be
caught in heavy showers, which seem TO
prevail in the rice belt.
The rains have been general throughout
the cotton district In Georgia, Florida and
the Carolinas, and must necessarily delay
/ the harvest, discolor the staple and cut
short the yield. All the reports 10 Georgia
snow diminished yields
IL was the heaviest rain Of the season that
visited Savannah last night, about three
and one-hah inches falling up 70 ! O'Clock
this morning, at which time it was still
raining. The rain began TO fall Ia
torrents at $50 o'clock, and by lO:40
O'Clock one and three-quarter inches Of rain
had been registered at the signal Office.
Three-quarters of an inch fell in ten min
utes preceding 10:40 o'clock. The streets
were flooded, and at IL o'clock the water
was more than q foot deep on each side Of
middle Of the street The downpour was
continuous from the time it begun, and
did not slacken until after midnight Dur
ing the day 20 inches fell
Rain was general throughout the south
yesterday, except in Virginia, North Caro-
lima and Texas. Rains were particularly
heavy in Tennessee, Georgia, South Caro-
lima and nothern aud middle Alabama and
Mississippi. The highest average rainfall,
y 12 innfaS - fr1n, he
district. The Atlanta district reported
an average Of 1.O7 and the Montgomery
district l.01.
Heavy rains were reported from the
principal southern cities. At Montgomery
2.lS inches, Augusta 204, Memphis l.5,
Charleston 1.32, Atlanta 096 aud Nash
vile L26. This was up TO o'clock and
rain was still falling at all those places.
Towns and smaller cities 10 this and ad-
Joining states report the following heavy
rainfalls. Columbus 2 inches, GAINESVILLE,
Ca. 2 inches, Newman 2.10. West Point
l.oO, Deposit, Ala, 3 inches, Blackyille.
8. c., L.S0, and Greenwood, S. c., 1.8.
The Galveston district was the only one
which reported no rain, though the Will
mington and Vicksburg districts reported
only q trace
Rains were general in the Savannah dis
trict yesterday, but no heavy rains were
reported outside Of Savannah last night,
though the probability is that many points
In the district had an experience similar to
Savannah's
The signal observer says that the heavy
rains ere caused by low area pressure
which formed In the western gulf two or
three days ago, moved rapidly north
ward into Louisiana, and then eastward
over the southern states, being central last
night over Mississippi and Alabama. This
low area was met by an extensive high
area central over tbs Middle Atlantic states
and the Ohio valley, which prevented the
natural movement OF the low area eastward
and precipitated the heavy rainfall.
The outlook is for continued rain.