The sun., 1894-09-20
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
SURPASSED BY Brr OWE THIr rs
RECORDED.

More Thnn Five Inchss Felt Here-The
storm Extended Over the whole Atlas
tie seabonri- Dunn Explains How ne
Was Deceived by the Tricky Indications.
Weather Prophet Dunn and all the other
weather sharps who predicted on Tuesday that
yesterday to be clearing and colder were
willing ~ admit last night that they had been
mistaken. Arguments were not needed but II
they had been there was one in the form Of
nearly five inches Of rain that was over
whelming.
This argument began actively 10 disprove the
weather sharp's assertions about the time busl-
ness men call early in the morning, and between
SAL o'clock and D!O2 it pumped half an inch Of
rain into the balance. and In the next forty
minutes added just much more. From
O'Clock ON Tuesday morning to 4.4O o'clock yes
terday nftncrnoon Mr. Dunn's assistants had
measured n total rainfall of AIS inches, and IL
was still rulninc.
At q T.. NJ the record showed 5.15 inches.
Throughout the whole Of the Atlantic scatoard,
from Florida to Massachusetts, the rainfall was
heavy. II has been cCcecdCd by only one storm
that has been recorded. The highest record in
this vicinity was made ON sept. 2"-.3, 1852,
when 017 inches Of rain fell, and the next high
est was sept. 10 Il. 1880, when the prc,ipi-
tation was OIL? inches.
IN the two hours between and 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning 11s inches Of rain fell
This has been exceeded only once in recent
years. That was On Aug. 10 of last year. when
100 inches fell IN one hour. Mr.. Dunn said last
night that the storm would pass us during tAs
night and that to-day will he clear.
Oid-fashoned people still cling To the tradE.
ton that when the sun passes the line it trips
spring or something. and that when We have a
big Storm about thi, time of the wear as we arb
a z al
ence pretends to tell Us that there are such
things a. eluinOctial storms. but the old fogics
will stick tn the record of tradition and will be
satisfied to call the one that IL Just passing the
equinoctial OF 1884, Perhaps science will DEM
theory, just as II has demonstrated that the old
weather saws about the wind and clouds were
based upon accurate obscry Sions.
Our scientific weathcrwlse people base their
predictions upon the condition Of the air. tenn
peraturc. and weather that are reported as ac-
tually existing in various parts OF the country.
and the changes which these conditions UNDER
60 from time to time. as shown by their reports.
When the weather is 81 inconsderate not to
follow the lines which they lay down for i. as
Ws tn the cSa san 6n !aey veS M hd s
where we have no observation stations. That's
"d, whrrs Mt , Dunn puts ~ the blame now for the
When he cast his weather horoscope on Tues
day morning there was nothing in sight in the
shape of "A Cyclonic storm. Rain had begun fall
ing heavily in Florida and Georgia on Monday,
and had extended northward over an area OK
line up to Massachusetts, but there were no high
winds anywhere, out in the Northwest there
WAS an area Of high barometer and lower tenn
pernture and the natural supposition that
this mountain Of air would press forward and
squeeze the rainy air valley of to sea. Instead
OF doing this, however, the air mountain fiat
tened out toward the south. Now the suppose
tion is that there was another OF these air noun
tnins somewhere In that mysterious region OF
the Atlantic which wouldn't let the storm 10 out
that way.
During the day yesterday. the air pressing in
from these two sides into the storm valley
found u cyclonic centre of the Carolina coast.
This storm centre grew rapidly IN size and
moved northwdrd, raising winds ranging In
velocity from 20 TO % miles an hour, snd last
the Cyclonic winds were covering IN area Of per-
haps 200 miles In diameter. The storm, sir.
Dunn said, would probably move oil to the
nOrtheastward and be lost to observation in tho
regions Of Greenland.
North OF the storm centre the winds were
from the east and northeast, and south OF II IN
the opposite directions. Mr.. Dunn thought tho
winds were not likely To become heavier.
The most dangerous feature OF the storm for
senfaring men the fog. This was very
heavy and covered the whole coast area of the
storm. Last night the weather was clearing
south OF the Carolinas, and the whole country
west Of the Ohio Valley and the lake region was
bright and clear. The storm seemed to have
formed from a great mass OF air which had been
lying quietly sucking up heat and moisture for
days in the Gulf region, just on the -nOrthern
edge OF the belt Gains.
Where the water in the sewers was backed cp
by the tide along West and South streets cellars
were Hooded. and the Everett Hotel dining
rooms. opposite Washington Market, WHICH had
a foot or more Of water in them during the big
thunder storm week ago on Saturday, were
again filled with water that ran In over the
the brooklyn Bridge roadways great streams of
water came rushing down ankle deep, and with
force sufficient 10 carry an unwary person on his
feet.