Evening star., 1941-06-24
Rain
Drenches D. E.,
Breaks Heat
0.6l Inch of Water
Floods Cellars
In Some Areas

A three-hour thunderstorm early
last night broke the heat wave here
and brought cloudy skies and cooler
weather today. The highest tenn
perature predicted by the Weather
Bureau for today Is about 80 degrees,
with a minimum of 81 expected to-
night.
The storm broke at 7:35 pm,
rolled into Maryland and Virginia
and by 11:53 pm. had left 81 of an
inch of rain here. One injury from
a falling tree was reported.
At Washington National Airport
planes were delayed a few minutes
during the peak of the storm, but no
flights were Cancelled.
A tree was blown over on a house
in the 5400 block of Thirty-ninth
street NV, and trees were uprooted
at Klingle road and Adams Mill road
NV. and in the 2300 block of e
street NV. A tree fell on an auto
mobile in the 500 block of Thirteenth
street NV.
Cellars Flooded.
The water division of the District
reported about 20 cellars flooded.
No pumping apparatus was sent out
as the water drained rapidly away.
Power lines were torn down dur
ing the storm in the Northwest Sec
ton. Wires were down in the 1900
and 1900 blocks OF River road and at
Van Ness and Thirty-seventh streets
NV.
A maximum wind velocity of 40
miles an hour was recorded The
Weather Bureau reported the 90
degree heat of the week end was not
reached yesterday, although the hu-
midity was high. The high yester-
day was 88 at $3.50 pm. With the
shift of the wind to the northeast
and the arrival of the rainstorm the
temperature broke sharply. At 7::3O
pm. the official temperature was 80
degrees. An hour later it had fallen
to 68.
The storm was accompanied by
lightning and roll cloud" forma-
ton. The roll cloud, Weather Bu-
reau experts explained, marked the
edge of the advancing cold air and
gave the appearance of a heavy
gray blanket with sharply marked
edges.
Hurt by Falling Tree.
James Johnson, 36. colored. Of
1887 Columbia street NV. suffered
leg injuries when he was struck by
a falling tree at Eighth and o
streets NV. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital and released.
The Capital Transit Co. reported
the storm had little effect on bus
and street car service. Short cir
cults and grounds in the power rail
were reported near the Union Sta
ton, and viaduct flooding near the
Bennlng overpass. For a brief in
terval buses were substituted for
street cars on the Florida avenue
Navy Yard run because of power
failure.
The forecast for today was cloudy
and not so warm, with clearing
skies in the evening. Wednesday
1t was predicted, will be fair. Gentle
northeast and east winds will be-
come light and variable at night.
Downpour in Chevy Chase.
The Chevy Chase Fire Department
was busy nearly four hours last
night answering calls resulting from
the downpour in that area. Base
ments of nearly a dozen homes near
the $500 block of Chestnut street
were flooded, some of them under 4
or 5 feet of water.
On Connecticut avenue. where
street work is in progress between
Bradley lane and Chevy Chase Lake,
considerable damage was done by
the water which washed out some
OF the foundation. Four motorists
ran off the side of the road into
the ditch, but none was injured.
Throughout Montgomery County
and the western part of Prince
Georges County trees were blown
down, but no serious damage was
reported. The Georgia avenue under
pass at Silver Spring was flooded
but no cars were stalled, county
police said.
A power line was blown down on
the Brookville- -Tenleytown road at
Littonsville. The Silver Spring Fire
Department was called. No one was
hurt.