The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-29
ONION OF TnE STORM
That Wrecked ~. Loni. characteristics
arth~ Weather tItnt Prnhnrr,l II.

"rth~ Weather that ProInrr'l ii.
ST. LOUIS, May 9S.--H. w Frdnkrn-
field, local weather Office, was a busy
man during and after the storm In
an interview with the reporter Of the
Associated Press he said;
For the past week the wnthcr In the
vicinity Of st. Louis h.lB been lhhrac-
tCrzcd by low pressure, high Temporal
lures. excessive humidity and prevail
Ing BOutherly winds. The pressure has
also been low throughout the west At
the same time Il is relatively high In
the south, causing the warm Gouthrrly
winds laden with moisture to blow
from me gulf of Mexico This moisture
has been held In suspense by the warm
ntmOsphcrc and the humidity cJnsc-
quently Increased from dag TO day The
mean temperature averaged from to
~ degrees above the normal each day,
while the humidity ranged fcom Ia
70 above the mean for TINS season Of the
year, on Wednesday mornlng the
weather map showed the low pressure
still everything the west with the center
OF depression extending in irregular
oval from the Texas Panhandle
throughout Missouri, Kansas ana Ne
brasku. Throughout the state OF MIS-
souri, high temperatures aud humidi-
ties prevailed with south winds. The
day would be popularity be termed,
warm, haZy. mugGy."
THE barometer commenced to fall at
noon and by p. m, 1t had fallen IS
inch. About the latter time the sky
quickly became thiehly covered with
dark cumulated stratus clouds, which
by $3.50 p. N. had settled into n uniform
mass OF stratus cloud which COM
m "a 1tfr1
In the northwest, spreading more to-
ward the west and north. and Mt the
same time the temperature commenced
to fall The normal cyGlOnic circulation
thus brought winds of different tenn
peratureS and humiditles Into such pO-
sitiOn that the result was Il decided III
stability was produced in the atmOE-
pherc. and violent secondary storm
center was created. The barometer
continued to fall rapidly and by p m.
Il had fallen % inches. The winds We're
becoming variable with a tendency to-
ward u noriherly direction. Lightning
and thunder had commenced At 4;9S 3.
IN. and rain. in the form OF large, scat
tered drops, at 1903 p. IN.
AT 5:O4 D. m. the storm broke forth
In all It's fury. the wind changed sud
denly TO northwest, with rapidly in
CrcasinS velocity, and the rain fell In
torrents. Tho green cloud. sim H.
manned in the west and norm. but the
storm moved toward the suItbenst and
large, angry, detached muses. OF
stratus cloud moved from almost every
point OF the compass, crossing each
other with the greatest rapidity. At
5;lj p. NJ. the wind reached Il velocity
OF so miles an hour from the north
west. the greatest velocity recorded In
the history Of the ST. Louis station.
From about $50 p. m. the wind mad
fallen 10 ab0ut l. miIeS an hour, aud
shortly after changed direction 10 the
southeast. The rain continued TO fan
in torrents. From SOL to 60i p. M, lS3
inches fell. and from 6:25 to 6;3j y, m,
g. Inches When the rain ended at 1905
p. M, S.S Inches had fallen In all. The
electrical display during the storm was
OF exceeding brilllancy. The whole west
and northwest sky was an almost con
tinuous blaze Of Hight ma the rctlec'
lions could be seen beyond the clouds
extending fac into the sauth.'