Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-22
SLIGHT DAMAGE IS
CAUSED BY SEVERE
WEATHER LAST NIGHT
Lightning Bolts Strike Sew
eral Places in the
City.
IN LAST R YEARS
Cut and Standing Grain Did
Not Suffer Much-Har-
vest is Delayed.

The hercest and most persistent
storm Of the summer visited Grand
Forks city and county as we'll as
other parts Of the state last night and
lowed an afternoon sultry and OPP
pressive with humid heat. n broke
out about 8 o'clock last night, con-
tinuing unabated for a couple of
hours, then quieting down somewhat,
only to gather renewed strength
shortly after midnight when the ar
tillery of the clouds was kept busy
until some time between 3 and 4 this
morning.
A downpour Of rain, often amount
ing to a veritable cloudburst. ac-
companied the electric storm. and
1853 inch of rain was recorded here
by the university weather bureau;
this is said to be the heaviest rain
fall registered in Grand Forks for
three years.
Apparently the violent storm. aug
mented by q high wind, was the tail
end of a tornado which wrecked the
of Minnesota. causing there the death
of approximately 35 persons and the
injury of more than one hundred. for
at times the storm raging here as
surned an almost cyclonic character.
No material damage has bee re-
ported In the city. and as far as grain
throughout h country Is concerned,
the only serious result Of the storm
seems to be a delay in completing
harvesting and threshing operations;
from points In other parts Of North
Dakota and northwestern Minnesota
reports have reached this city that
while the rain storm was unusually
heavy, the grain, whether cut or still
standing. is practically undamaged.
Hail Mt Lakota.
The storm seems to have assumed
more disastrous proportions in the vi
cinity of Lakota. A heavy rain ac-
companied violent thunder and light
!. ming and hail, reported to have been
h heaviest of the season, did con-
siderable damage to the yet unharv-
ested grain. South and northeast of
the city the hail Is reported to. have
in. the city limits. A few places that
were heavily struck, are reported to
have suffered as much as 20 per cent
loss. The wheat particularly suffered
a h~5ss. The loss to velvet chat
was as great as 80 per cent, while
durum wheat suffered to the extent
Of about SO per cent and Marquis
about 25 per cent. In places the hal
was go sever as to knock the grain
from the shock.
The vicinity about Reynolds also
suffered slightly from hail. and high
wind caused some wreckage through
out that part of the county. The vi.
\cindty about Northwood, Kepton, Nj.
agara, Mektnock and Marvel ali ex-
perienced the same heavy storm but
no serious damage has so far been re.
Z ported.
The storm also struck the country
around Devils Lake, and Grafton, but
no damage was done by either hal
or wind. Around Inkster consider.
able harm was done to standing grain
by the strong wind, but as most Of the
grain has been harvested the damage
will probably not be material.
The country between here and
Larimore suffered no material dam.
age. although some corn was lodged
in the vicinity of Larimore.
Lightning Strikes in City.
The electrical storm of last evening
was undoubtedly the most severe OF
the season. Some damage was done
by lightning to the telephone wires
but service was not impaired for any
length of time. The flag pole at the
Great Northern depot. dedicated las
partly splintered.
year. was struck by lightning an6
The damage to the crops through.
gu the country is not as great az hat
been feared. and with the high coo
wind which has kept up all lay the
fields will dry quickly. and harvesting
operations will soon be in progress
again. Continued rains, however, ar,
likely to cause the grain to begi,
sprouting n result in considerably