Place Boston and suburbs am western portion of Esse, County. Mass. Nrw York. western, central and northern portions. Grand Junction and Pali =de, Colo. Montrose, Colo ............ Louisian3. southeastern por tion. Mississippi, coastal section Nogales, Arie.. ............ Newark (1 milc west of) H‘irt County, W. VO. Nescol,eck-Shiclrshinny area, Pa. hIuucy, Pa .............. hionroe, N. c ............. S t. George, U tali. ......... Calenico, Calif. ............ Ash Fork, driz ............. St. Augustine, Fla .......... Nantucket Sound. RInss .... West Palin Beach, FIX---. Glendale and Dccr Valley, Arie. Gilu Berial. Ariz. ____ ~ -. .~ Helena, Mont .............. Linn County, Kans ........ Amsterdam, Mo ............ Salem, Ma.. ............... Seventy-Sir. Mo ______.____ Cape and Perry Counties, Salt Rircr Valley in Phoe- Ma. nix area, Ariz. Friday Harbor, Wash--. __. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW SEVERE STORMS FOR SEPTEMBER 1949 [The table hereunder contains such data as have been received concerning severe storms that occurred during the ruonth.] - - Date 1 f < t I ‘* 5 10 IO 1U llrll 12 13 12 12 12 13 15-16 Time Early morn All day ..... ing. 5:40-6:20 p. 1~ i:30-8 p. m.. hlornlng . .-. Midday.. ... 2 t o 6 p .m .. 6 p.m ...... 4-10 p. n i ~ 4-5 p. n ~.. .............. 330 p. ni ... Afternoon.. -. 215-250 p. m 3--320 1 8 . m... Ldte afternooi 3 p. In ........ i to 8 p. ni.. - 4:45 p. m..-.. 5p.m. _._.. 9p.m ........ During night~ During night. .............. - - Width if path yards - . -. - - -. ....... 1 3 ....... ....... ....... ....... 440 ....... . -. . -. . ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... __.._. ...... ‘2 ...... ...... 400 @I-100 .__.__ ....... . -. - - -. ....... . - - - - -. - - Los Of life - I --. ..- ( .... .... .... ..-. .... .... g .__ .-. I ... 1 1 ._. 3 ._. ..- ___ Value of property destroyed 4.m .......... $3, OM 25n. ow m, mu 15. 000 25, no0 ion, oon 13,500 $35. Mx) 3% 000 Character of storm Rain and wind ..... Wind. .___ ____ - ___ - Wind, raln, and hail Hail- .............. Tropical dlsturb. anm. Hailand wind ..... Tornndo, with hail, r?in and light. ning. Electrical, wind, rain, and hail. Electrical.. ........ Rain and flash flood Thunderstorm and flash flood. Wind. rain, aud dust. Bailand wInd----. Electrical, wind, Wind - - - -. - - -. - - - -. Wind and rain ..... and bail. Wind and hall.---. I’hunderstorms and flash floods. ... do ............... ’bundershowers and flash floods. Naritime disturb- ance. 27 1 Remarks Broken power and telephone lines; flooded cellars and streets; small washout on railroad lines. houses. Southern aud central parts of Imperial Valley received severe wind and dust storm, reported to have originated in Baja Calif. Wind accoin- pnnieil by rnin forced power lines down. lifted an 3Uglaiie Iiangar ovvr another hmgw and deposited it 150 feet away, hlow 2 airplanes into New Kivrr, caused darnage to locnl airport totnlbig $15,000, uprnoted trees, carried away haystacks, and caused interruptions of power and telephone communications. Storm I s k d approximately half an hour. Nearly every house in Ash Fork suffered some darnage. 3 airplnnes at nearby field damaged by wind. High wind and heavy hail, with stones of marble size, a c ~~i u p a n i t ~d thunderstorm. No damage from hail. A few roofs damaged by wind. Lightning iuterrupted telephone service. Small cabin cruiser, carrying 11 persons, disabled and sunk almost immediately by sudden squall and mofierate sca; about 2 miles north- west of Nantucket Hwbor. 9 persons drowned. Wind in gusts up to 54 m. p. h. felled 6 feeder-line poles, leaving cities of Palm Beach and West P a h i Beach without electric ])ewer for several hours. Rainfall for 45-minute period ellding at 3:40 p. m. was 3.20 inchcs. Roof blown off Hslstead Lurnber Co. Plate g l s s wiudows broken in several stores. Rear end of Smith hfotur Co. building collapsed a h r wiud blew in side door. Comiuuuity cotton gin ha