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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW.
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the tide was 5 feet above normal high tide, or 3£ feet lower than the highest reached during t£c storm of September, 1906. After the storm center passed inland torrential rains set in over the cast Gulf States, and ■western Georgia and continued in the form of heavy showers for about a week. These rains of course caused enormous losses of staple crops and caused great floods in the rivers of eastern Mississippi, Alabama, and western Georgia.
Figure 1 shows the path of the hurricane and figure 2 copies of barograms recorded at Pensacola, Mobile, and Meridian:
On the morning of the 9th, when the hurricane storm was central over Alabama with some indications of redevelopment and northeastward movement, southwest storm warnings were ordered on the south Atlantic coast from Jacksonville, Fla., to Morehead City, N. C. The warning was hardly justified at the time, but, as it was Sunday, the receipt of special reports in time was doubtful and it was thought best to exercise due ca.ution. The highest wind velocity reported during the display was a thunderstorm squall oi 48 miles an hour at Jacksonville, while only fresh winds occurred to the northward.
The south Atlantic coast storm of July 12-15.
On July 12 a vessel radio report from about latitude 27° N., longitude 72° 30' W., gave the first notice of this disturbance. The wind was blowing 28 miles an hour from the west, and the barometer react 29.90 inches, an apparent fall. There was no other barometer reading below 30.00 inches in that locality. Pressure was high (30.30 inches) over Bermuda and moderately hisrh (30.14 to 30.16 inchos) on the Carolina coast. On the Jollowing morning another single radio report from about latitude 27° N., longitude 80° W., showed a barometer of 29.77 inches, with a strong westerly gale, indicating a storm of considerable intensity a short distance to the northeastward. Eleven a. m. special observations from coast stations showed little barometric change, but other conditions were threatening and at 12:30 p. m. northeast storm warnings were hoisted from Tybee Island, Ga., to Morehcad City, N. C., and at 3:30 p. m. were extended northward to Coinjock. N. C. Northwest warnings were also displayed at Jacksonville. Late afternoon special reports indicated that the storm center was approaching the coast and at 7 p. m. hurricane warnings were ordered from Tybee Island, Ga., to Georgetown, S. C. By 8 p. m. the barometer at Charleston read 29.62 incites, and the highest wind had been 64 miles an hour from the northeast, with a very high tide. Savannah reported a maximum wind velocity of 38 miles an hour from the northeast, while at Frying Pan Shoals, N. C., 40 miles an hour from the east was reported. This storm center passed inland over or very near Charleston about 4 a. m. of the 14th, with a lowest barometer reading of 29.02 inches. At 8 a. m. the barometer read 29.40 inches and the wind had decreased to 42 miles from the southwest.
As pressure was falling to the north at 8 p. m. July 13. northeast storm warnings were ordered at 10 p. m. from Hatteras, N. C., to Fort Monroe, Ya., but. as the storm center kept on inland, nothing more than fresh winds occurred, and tho warnings were lowered at 9 o'clock on the following morning. At 8 p. m. of the 14th the storm center was over central South Carolina, with a barometer reading of 29.58 inches and with a maximum wind velocity at Columbia of 36 miles an hour from the northeast. At the same observation, Charlotte. N. C., reported a maximum wind velocity of 52 miles from the
east, and another of 56 miles an hour from the eastduri the night. On the morning of the 15th the remnai of the storm were lost in the mountains of weste North Carolina. Strong winds and moderate gales cc tinued at Charleston. S. 0., until the night of the 14t 15 th.
This is the history of this disturbance so far as it possible to give it from the Weather Bureau repo available at the time. On July 22 there were receiv by mail a series of observations from the U. S. S. Bed which was wrecked by the storm, and some notes fr< the log of the U. S. S. Terri/, -which was also in the vicin of the storm. It is greatly to be regretted that it was i possible to receive radio reports iroin these vessels July 11 and 12. as only two reports were received fr< merchant vessels, one each on July 12 and 13, both sot of latitude 28 c N. The observational data from 1 Hector and the notes from the Terry follow.
Table 1.—Meteorological observations taken on board U. S. S. Hei during July 12 to 14, 1916.
i Ship’s position.
■Wind.
Date.
Hour.
Lati-
tude
| Ixingi-I tilde
i v,-. ■
Direc-
tion.
Force.
Barom-
eter.1
. Ther-1 imom- West | eter. ■
i
1916.	p. y..	«
Julv 12		4:00	32
12		6:00	32
12		8:00	32
12 . .	10:00	31
12		12:00	31
	A. It.	
13		2:00	31
	4:00	31
	0:00	31
13		8:00	31
13		10:00	31
^		>*oon.	31
	P. S!.	
13		2:00	31
13		3:30	31
1?.		4:00	31
13		6:00	31
13		1 8:00	31
	10:00	31
13		12:00	32
	A. M.	
14		2:00	32
14		4:00	32
14..	6:00	32
	K-00	32
34		10:00	32
14		Isooxi.	32
79	42	|	n. bv o.
79	30	e, bv n.
j ?y	21	.	o. bvn.	.
i IS	13	e. '	!
! 79	07	e.	;
79 00 e. bv ii.
Inches. 30.02 :
29.99	i
29.99	I 29.96 i 29.88
'F. . 84 | 84 !
U 1 u
S2
be
be
be
beq
bege
j>o i ne.
53 e. bvn. .
78 49 i sc*. 7* 48 ! s.
78	55 s.
79	01 ssvr. 79 09 sw.
sw,
STY.
32 -ID 79 07 32 50 , 79 06 sw.
8
8
10
12
12
32
12
12
12
12
12
12
HJ
1C
9
9
8
2fJ.R0 i 29.70 I 29. fa ! 29.4$ 29.20 28.72
2S.60 * 2B.30 i 25.40 j 2S.50 ! 28. GO 28.75 29.02
29.10 1 29. 30 ! 29.40 1 29.66 29.70 29.74
- 80 i OCr 82 i OCr
80 ! 79
OCT
ocqr
ocqr
ocqr
ocqi t ocqr I ocqt I ocqi ocqi ocqt ocqi
79 ! ocqi
79	' ocq!
80	' ocq 80 ocq 80 ocq SO oc
1 Anoroid barometer rend?- 0.07 incb too low.
a b. cleiirbiaeskv; c, cloudy weather; q,squally weather; o, overcast; r, rainy we or continuous rai-K g, gloomy or dark.
Log of the Terry.—The following data were taken fi the log of the Tci'ry; barometer readings were taken an aneroid and are probably a little too high; e] unknown.
July 11,8 p. m.: Position, latitude 26° 06'. longitude 79° 35'. C long rollii)" sea from the eastward; barometer steady. 30.19.
July 12.' noon: Position, latitude 29° 01'. longitude 79° 33-'. ( meneed to breeze up in ihe afternoon, -wind increasing to fore Barometer dropped from 30.12 at noon to 30.01 at micliiight; i northeast, vrind waves making up: heavy cross sea from the eastv
July 13, noon: Position. 50 miles south of Charleston Lichti
A. m., wind increased to force 30. north by east 10 n northeast. Barometer dropped to 29.85.
P. in., wind north-northeast., increased to iorce 12.
7 p. m., wind north, force 12. barometer 29.66.
9 p. m.. wind northwest, force 12, barometer 29.58.
Midnight, wind, northwest, force 12. barometer 29.51,
July 1-1. 1 a. m : wind west, force 10, barometer 29.50.
2 a. m., wind west, iorce 10, barometer 29.49. Posi 10 miles east of Hunting Island Light.
4 a. m., wind northwest, force 6. barometer 29.44.
6 a. m., wind southwest, force 10, barometer 29.45.
tion, 6 miles south of Charleston Lightshij