The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-15
Severe ThundeFstOFm I'm Parts
Of Kansas Today.
Streams Are Swollen and
Wheat Is on Ground.
That juno WIN Be
Warmest in Kansas History.

The heaviest rain that has fallen at
Topeka on June Is in the twenty
eight years that the local government
records have been kept, and the heav-
lest since last December. occurred at
Topeka between $3.50 and 6:45 o'clock.
The storm was accompanied by bril-
liant electrical effects and loud claps
Of thunder The sky presented n
weird and rapidly changing aspect.
which caused hundreds OF the ner-
vously inclined light sleepers no lit
tie anxiety.
showers were general in the eastern
and northern portions Of the state.
The Santa Fe reports that there was
little precipitation on it's lines west
OF Emporfa- The Rock Island re-
ports show that there were light
showers in the northwestern portion
of the state and heavy rain in the
east. They report heavy rain be-
tween Herington and Horton and Nc
Farland and Belleville. The Union
Pacific states that there was an aver
age of nearly two inches of rain be-
tween Topeka and Kansas City and
the. same amount between Detroit and
heavy shower. There was a light
rain between Salina and Plainville.
according to the same reports. A half
inch is reported to have fallen be-
tween Glasco and Beloit.
The forecast calls for unsettled
weather tonight. with probably local
showers. Tuesday is expected to be
generally fair and cooler.
Wheat Is Down, Streams High.
All streams in the western and north
western sections Of the state are swoll-
en- and indicate danger Of flood condi-
tions In the eastern sections of the
state. Both the Republican and Solo
mon rivers were high Friday and Satur-
day and the rains Of Saturday and SUM-
day nights. started them on another
rampage.
With the rains Sunday night. much
wheat in western Kansas is beaten
down and farmers fear that this con-
dition will cause much trouble in har-
vestine the 1914 crop. At Smith Center
last night, five inch rain was re-
ported and it was claimed that the
wheat through Phillips, Smith and
Jewell counties was down as q result
of the heavy downpour. A heavy rain
also fell last night at Norton, but was
accompanied by little or no wind The
rain was quite general throughout the
Sixth district and particularly heavy
through the two northern tiers Of coun-
ties.
Ground Is Water Soaked.
There was light sprinkle at Topeka
before 2 o'clock but the first measur-
able rain did not come until 2:32. In
the half hour period between 2:35 and
S:05 O'Clock .85 of an inch Of water fell.
The last measurable rain came at 5:45
although a light drizxle continued for
two hours.
The total rainfall for June up to this
morning was 4.03 inches. But eleven
Junes in the last twenty-eight have had
q greater precipitation. Normal for
June is 4.S1 inches.
The stage of the Kaw Sunday morn
ing was seven feet even; today 1t was
81 feet. This shows that the ground
Is becoming. water soaked. Ind q portion
Of the supply is running into the creeks
and eventually into the river. The
stage Of the river today was the
with the exception OF the stage on that
date the highest since May Is. 1913.
The weather has been ideal for corn
this month-hot and moist. There is
now a good stand Of corn and crop
prospects are excellent.
Temperature 1t Normal.
For the first time in rs days the
was down to normal to-
day. The sky partially cleared in the
course OF tne morning, out Oy TWO
O'Clock this afternoon looked some-
what threatening. The wind was sew
en- miles an hour from the northeast
a direction conducive to rain.
The highest temperature recorded
at Topeka on this date in the 28 years
that the local records have been kept
was 96 degrees in 1918: the lowest was
"a in 1908. The river has been rising
today.
The hourly readings:
o'clock ...67I11 o'clock .....74
o'clock .....68i1z O'Clock ..76
o'clock .70l 1 o'clock 1T
10 o'clock .....74 2 o'clock ....75
Rise Of Big Rivers.
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