The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-12
TELLS OF DAMAGE IN
ALL PARTS OF STATE
ANDERSON HARD HIT IN THE.
JULY STORM
HAIL BEGAN HERE.
observations OF the United States
Weather Department Tell of
Storm Started Here

disnstrcre South Carolina ever saw.
says Richard II. Sullivan. section di-
rector :Dr the I'D States Weather
Bureau Ne. Sullivan makes those re-
marks GDCu. The recent severe storm
which originated ii Anderson county
and spread over the state and his
article In the tul? Issue Of Ciinato,og-
ic;;l Data. iauc,l by tic United States
Department of Agriculture. vii be
tcad Wit, interest.
P-Cb ~ the most extensive So
Iics Uf DISASTROUS thundcrstorm5 and
EaiiS,ornls hat ever visited the plaE-
ta:ions CT South Carolina occurred in
h the upper Piedmont OF the state on
July 81. i9i4. These disturbances
were incident to moderate baromet-
ric depression that appeared off the
south Atlantic coast during the night
of july a. nhi ). and disappeared over
The Cali % st. Lawrence by the morn
Ing ot the 9th.
! Tie series o. hniistorms appear to
have beaGn IN Anderson and Newber-
ry countlc3; :!lc centers of the dis
turbancc5 then advanced northward
over I-GurHns and Spartanburg coun-
I iies and nstward over Cherokee coun-
", eliminating in extreme violence
over an extensive area OF York coun-
ty, estimated at 80 10 100 square miles.
OF which approximately one half was
planted to staple crops. In the latter
section the fall of hail continued about
one-half hour, while in other portions
or the stricken district the time limit
ranged from 10 to 20 minutes.
The damage was caused principally
ny immense quantities of haiIstones
apout the size of an ordinary mar
Die. In Cherokee county there were
many stones the size of a genuine
guinea egg. while in Spartanburg,
some stones as large as goose eggs
were reported. 1t might be we'll to
add, however. that such sizes as the
latter are very rare. Tie writer some
years ago was able to obtain some
immense hailstones from two yio-
lent storms that occurred in another
part OF the country. and the measure
ments OF the two largest were from
$40 to 9.S0 inches In circumference.
Such stones fall rather loosely. or
only here and there in scattered areas
and their construction shows muct,
more snow and considerably less ice
than those OF the smaller round.
Snar!ed types, and the damage is 1ey.
er so great from these as from the
smaller sizes which often fall IN
countless numbers. In FORK county.
IN the heavy wash incident, to exces
siVe rains, accumHlations of hail
stones were noted that measured In
depth from to 4 feet In some pock-
cts and many banks OF hail or ice
were still visible until the late after.
noon of the 7th.
Before reaching the vicinity of
greatest destruction, the storm
seemed to dip and rise after tho m an
her or bounding tornado. HI I.s;;r-
ems. Spartanburg and Cherokee conn
ties the paths ranged in areas trnIn
! TO miles and by miles to 2 To
miles, and L. tthH arss na,r,c! comn..,
there were two distinctive hail belts
ranging from $500 to $500 acres in
extent. In York county the area
ranged from 1-2 to by 20 miles II:
U broad belt extending from Catawba,,
S.NS., to near Stanley, N. G. The
center or maximum. energy appears
70 have been a few miles north of
ROCK Hill. In this area tho Losses
OF "a planters was estimated at "a,
per cent of the planted crops, while
IN adjoining areas the losses taper M.
20 per cent and thence down to 30
per cent or less, in a region approxi.
mating 10000 acres. controlled by 2.
IVY vi more planters.
cultivation OF damaged fields he
gan as soon as. possible after the
storms. put where ~she cotton was
strong In stalk or where corn was well
IN ear. the plants that had been c,,t
to within few inches of the Sro,,r,d
could not recover. Comif,r IN mid.
season. as these storms did. when tte
staple crops were developing into
trsitage. the losses have fallen with
special severity ON the planters of
She Snected areas, And In conse-
quence OF file late season they car only
resort TO fodder corn, cane. millef
neas, bears, vegetables and forape
crops that eau mature brsora autuym.,
frosts In order to stay the demands
anui another growing season rettirns
b. An average that has been drown
= CO TIE careful estimates OF peneraI
losass made by a number OF conserva.
tive business men. planters ana ar-
rieniturai experts how the following
Cherokee county: s95, 900, or about
so per cent loss on crops of $500 nc.
Lanreps county: s15o.oo9 or abon.
y. per cert to 30 per cent loss on
/ York county: S73O. .00o. m. on ~,
cent 70 "a per cent on crops OF about
e. GOO acres, and 90 per cent scaIinr
uowh 20 so per cent loss or less az!
sS'acs OF about 10000 acres addition
f no 1856 s9ea approximate :cxses
is abcye counties indicafed at the
sioSe 9f July cotton is estirnateti To-
comprise so per cent; corn 23 nor
cent truck and forage. 10 rer cant
,sas,nx, ,s-S-. - ~