The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-20
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
C. s. Dept. Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.
Washington. Tuesday. March IS. iso;-s ?. N.
sBecfaI Flood Bulletin.

Special Flood Bulletin.
The Ohio River At Cincinnad reached a crest stage
a. Ell feet Tuesday morning and is falling
slowly the gauge tonight reading SIS feet At
Louisville the stage IS feet, rise Of o. foot
since Monday night Little no further riss viii
oocur and the river should begin 70 tall during
"Wednesday. No changes have been made IN previous
forecasts fer the district bel0w Louisville.
In the Lower Mississippi River stages As follows
indicated from the water nov IN sight; Mem
phis between Is and s. feet betEeen March Is and
$; Arkansas City IS feet by the last q next Feek
Vicksburg IS fert about April 8; NeE Orleans. Be-
tween ls5 and Il feet BY March 3.
The heavy rains q the last four dsJs in California
have resulted IN serious food stages IN the SaoTa-
ment0 and San Joaquin river. and food warnings
have been issued regularly, beginning with Sunday
evening March y. Al many points along the tEiou-
taEy the stages Of gateE are the highest on
rcoord, aud along the main stream the situation is
very grave.
Late adYices indicate that the rains Of Tuesday
over the Allegheny and M0nongahela watersheds,
shile not very heavy viii cause a food stage OF
about . feet At Pitssbfrg "Wednesday morning and
warnings tins effect have been issued Stage Of
from S s. feet is aiso Indicated at Wheeling on
THURSDAY morning food stage being ct 5 feet This
second tide VII arrest the decline below Wheeling.
and probably again send the river above Hood stage
frm Wheeling 20 ParkeTzbIFg b. Friday. II VIII
also have scune effect on the river below Parkersbnrg
and specific adsiess regarding this gin Be issued On
Wednesday.
General Forecast.
The feature q Tuesdays weather q greatest in
iercst vas the abnonaIly high Temperature that pre-
vailed over the Middle Mississippi Valley, the West
Gulf States and the Southwest Over these districts
the day Wss the wamsst March day since the warm
wave If the last week Of March, 1885, aud IN many
places especially IN Oklahoma and Western Texas
the records Of that year exceeded hy severi de
gFeos.
There viii be rain OF sno9 Wednesday in the Mid
die Atlantic States and New England foll0sed by
clearing weather by night; elsewhere east Of the
Rocky Mountains the weather vii be generally fair
wednesday and THURSDAY. except IN the Northwest
en- States where there vii be rain snow Mednes
day night or Thursday. West Of the Rocky Noun
tains rains win cuntinue
The winds along the New England coast sill be
high southwest % northwest on the Middle Atlantic
coast brisk 10 high southwest 10 northwest; the
South Atlantic coast fresh 20 brisk vest TO north
west; the Gulf coast fresh southery, and on Lake
Michigan fresh 90 brisk northwest 10 north.
Steamers departing to-day for European ports
wiH have high southwest TO west Winds with rain
or SHOW. TO the Grand Banks
special Forecast.
storm warnings are displayed the Atlantic coast
from Delaware Bfeakwater 10 EsstpoTt and at Bal
timoTe; also the California coast
Local Temperatures.
Midnight. ii: a. n. q: a. n. 81; a. m. 81;
s a m. A: 10 a. N. Al Y noon, a D. n, g.:
p m, &c 6 u m. A. p. m, o. 10 p. NJ, s.
Maximum ls; minimum. 80.
Relative humidity-s a. n %; T. m. Sc; D. n.
s6 rainfall. o.7s
Temperature same date last year-sIa1imum. s.:
minimum. &
Temperatures Ina other Cities.
Temperatures in ether cities together with the