Arizona republican., 1901-02-13
STORY OF A STORM
A Weather Bureau Story That All
 Should Read.

The s.ory of big storm is more in teresting to those who care for things q trihe scientific than the story of the devastating results of storm. Though but very fGw people here are aware of dt, Phoenix has Ihe honor of being the initial point of one of the great storms of the year, and Mir. Burns, the observer of the Phoenix station, fur nshed the officials of the main office of the weather service the first data re- saTCtng the S.Jrm. Ilhis is an item of considerable interest, for it is some thing that does not happen frequently in this part of the country.
 The storm referred to first attracted attention On February lst. and for five days its course was carefully followed across the continent until 1t finally r5uk to the sea off the coast of Maine. IL was the beginning of our present lliny season, though the rains in the valley and the snOws .n the hills that have continued intermittently since then are due to less general meteoro- logical disturbances. and more or less local in nature, but the real extent of which will not be known here for few days, or until Mir. Burns receives charts from Washington covering this period. He receives storm chart daily from the main office, but it is always at least five days behind the present date, as it comes by mail. IL is fr-Jm tn SC charts, covering the life of the storm in question, thaI the following history of that storm .s taken.
 As all storm sharps, whether profess slonal Ur amateur. are aware, the storm center is the point at which the lowest barCmete ter pressure in the area affect ed. exiss. By telegraphic reports from the various weather stations in the country the main office in Washington is enabled tS keep close track of the storm cer.er and fellow it's progress.
 On the evening Cs Feb. lst the Phoe- nix station reported barometer pressure of 29.59. with wind velocity of 2i miles an hour and a trace of rain. This was an unusually low barometer and the lowest To!nt reported in the storm area, which was large. Twelve hours later. on the morning of the sec cad, the snow and 1ain area extended fIsm the, Colorado river to Evansville, Ind, and from Mexico to Nebraska. wGh snow in Kansas and rain in west Texas, and the weather man in Wash mgt1n began to realize tha; after a couple of years of drouth there was something doing in the southwest. Special readings were asked for from this section, the first special, in fact that was ever asked of Phoenix direct from the central office, and the storm center was located in central New Mex iCo.
 On the morning of the third the storm had increased in intensity, and the center was located in northwestern Arkansas. The storm area extended as far east as the Atlantic. touched on the great lakes. went as far north as Wy oming and west through to the Paci- flc coast, narrow strip covering Utah and missing Arizona.
 On the morning of the +lh the storm center was at Buff falo. the w.nd was in the neigh bOrE,o1 of 35 niles an hour. and the storm area embraced the whole Alan tic coast and the lake region. with dan gerous winds on the north Atlantic seabcard.
 On the morning of the 5th the storm center was on the northeast coast of Maine, northwesterly gales aggng the Atlantic coast. falling temperature along the Atlantic and eastern gulf states, and zero weather from northern Illinois to Montana and Colorado. On the GCh the storm passed off into the Atlantic.
 In Phoenix, as mentioned above there was trace of rain with the ad- vent of the storm on the lst and a larg- CT precipitation the next day in the wake of it. The storms which have succeeded have no connection with this first demonstration, and are probably the frazzled edges of a raln and snow of here.
 Observer Burns says 1t is a well au- thentlcated fact that all large s,orms that sweep across the United States. wherever tAeir origin, find their exit through the St. Lawrence valley, or .hat vicinity. Many come from the northwest, possibly from Puget sound and may sweep south clear to Texas. then northeast again or they may go su uaisht across the country, but their destination is always the same Even the West India storms may travel yves. or northwest clear to Texas or New Mexico but they eventually turn north- east and head for bleak New England. lt is the same story when they enter or