meteorological phenomena ontario in history

Larimer County, Colo.-A girl was killed by lightning at the Iceberg Lake parking area at 12,000 feet above mean sea level on Trail Ridge Road. The storm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail, winds 75 mph, and 2.25 inches of rain. The Lake Creek community, just north of Granite in Greer County, Oklahoma was pounded by a severe thunderstorm. Lightning struck the Texas Oil Company plant near Elizabeth, NJ causing 300,000 barrels of oil to go up in flames.Ī severe thunder squall struck parts of Grand Island, the Tonawandas, and north Buffalo, NY during the evening.ĭestructive winds at the airport of 59 mph, heavy rain with one inch in a 10-minute period, and hail caused damage estimated around $2 million dollars. Pawtucket, RI received a deluge of rain containing 5.10 inches in 24 hours, beginning a very wet July for the area. The normal daily high for July 1st is 105 degrees. The high of just 79 degrees at Phoenix, AZ was their coolest daily maximum of record for the month of July. Army Signal Service were passed to the new agency, which was part of the Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau was born as the equipment, stations and personnel of the U.S. In the Douglas, WI area, a 25 square mile ice field was still in existence at the head of Lake Superior. Many young people were drowned while out boating on that Sunday.Ī tornado crossed Saint Helena Sound in South Carolina, drowning 23 people who were out on the sound in ships. A tremendous storm (a tornado or hurricane) hit Philadelphia and New York City.

Meteorological phenomena ontario in history