The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-13
STRICT CAUTION
ADVISED VESSELS
SEVERE GALES PROBABLE
ALONG SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST,
SAYS WEATHER MAN.

s.orn, warnings Were HOisted at 3
O'Clock Yesterday Afternoon
complementary Warming From
Central Office Advises strictest
CANTON to All Vessels-SfOrm win
Not Be of Any Great Intensity on
Iand-I.Ower Temperatures Win
Follow.
advice strictest caution to vessels.
Severe gales probable"
This is the latest warning sent out
from the central Weather Bureau Of
fee at Washington by DR.. Franken-
o'clock last night seemed to more than
iustify the warning, though the wind
velocity at Savannah was COMPARE
lively light.
AS far as could be gathered from the
reports filed at night from the diff
ferent stations, the center of the storm
is now off at sea, lying almost due
east of Jacksonville. 1t has moved
with considerable rapidity, and If it
keeps up the present rate of travelling
by this morning it will be nearly as far
north as Wilmington, N. C. AS it travels
northward it is increasing in intensity.
No Danger in Savannah.
There is no danger from the storm
as far as the city is concerned, and
the northeast storm warnings were
hoisted merely as a warning to the
shipping interests. Severe gales are
probable and the exact strength of the
storm at sea is not known. On land
II has been only of moderate intensity,
though it's strength is increasing.
The barometer at Savannah last
night indicated the rapid approach of
the storm, though the center will prob
ably be off the coast. At noon yes
terday the barometer stood at 3010
BY s O'Clock last night it had fallen
off to 1851 and was still falling.
At an early hour yesterday morning
it began raining and this continued for
practically the entire day. The total
rainfall was 80 of an inch. Shortly
after noon northeast wind sprung up
and this gradually increased in veloc-
tty, blowing as high as fifteen miles an
hour.
Storm Warning HOisted.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
storm warnings were hoisted at the
w Hdll6I bureau anu 1J Tie
News on receipt of the following tele-
gram from the Weather Bureau Off
Gals at Washington:
Hoist northeast storm warnings 3
p m. from Apalachicola to Washing
ton. Storm over Florida is rapidly
increasing In intensity and moving
north northeast. High northerly winds
probable tonight, and Sunday"
Shortly afterward DR.. Frankenfield,
who is following the storm for the
Weather Bureau, telegraphed a sup
advised to vessels. Severe gales are
probable"
Cold Wave Following.
Following in the path of the storm
is cold area and decided falling
off in temperatures is expected. The
thermometers in Savannah yesterday
showed a steady decline, and at the
last official observation last night mer-
curry had slipped down to 81 degrees.
1t had dropped several degrees below
this figure at midnight, and was still
falling.
The killing frost" which was first
predicted for Sunday morning, will
probably be delayed by the storm. 1t
should strike Savannah Monday. and a
succession of days of decidedly lower
temperatures should follow The fall
In temperatures is not sufficient to
warrant a cold wave signal, but am
pie warning is given of the drop
through the public press.
AS far as the storm itself is con-
cerned there is no danger to Savan-
nan. The winds here will not be above
twenty-five to thirty miles an hour.
and probably will not reach that. II is
thought. The chief danger is to the
shipping interests, and it IS FOR tbaiS
hoisted. 'iS were