MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
Vot. 62 No. 4
W. B. Ao. 833 APRIL, 1924 CLOSED June 3, 1924 ISSUED June 30. 1924
HAILSTORMS IN MICHIGAN, 1930-1933
By D. A. SEELEY and R. B. DOLE
[Weather Bureau Ofncs, Lansing, Mich., Dec. 21,19231
The amount of damage done by hailstorms is difficult to estimate. Hail may fall on a young and tender growing crop and practically destroy it, but there is no wa of determining what the crop would have produced ha B the hailstorm not occurred. I n recent years insurance against dama e to farm
are aid each year in losses due to hailstorms. A study
of the best means of determining the total extent of damage to farm crops. This method, in connection with reports from cooperative observers of the Weather Bureau and res onses to special requests sent to ost-
been known to occur was used in studying hail damage in Michi an during the ears 1920 to 1923, inclusive. The dichigan Mutug Hail Insurance Co., composed of farmers in this State, insures a ainst hail damage to
kind enough to give the Weather Bureau office at za::;: access to their records and also aid in estimating the total probable damage in certain storms, includin that on farms which were not insured. The methofused was to multiply the actual damages paid by a factor representing a ratio between the propert insured in a section of county and the total area. T ~s was sup le-
sources mentioned. For example, If 5 per cent of the farms in a certain county were insured and the damages paid in a certain storm totaled $100, then the total dam e was estimated
damages to be much greater or less, when the figures were increased or decreased accordin 1 .
and yet it indicates in a general way the extent of damage. By this system, out of 601 storms reported in the fo-ur
years, the total damages was estimated at $2,610,678, or $652,670 per year. By years the records are as
follows :
crops is becoming quite common. Considera % le amounts
of t E e records of such companies perhaps furnishes one
masters and ot B ers in regons where hailstorms gave
various crops, and the officials o f this compan
mented by estlmates of damage received from the ot ?l er
at $2,000, unless an observer on the fie P d estimated the
The method is open to considera %Y e possible error,
lNumberl Totd ofstorms damage
July had by far the largest number of storms, and atest amount of damage resulted during the four years there were 176 also the this m o n f Durin storms recorded in P uly, with a total damage estimated
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at $1,323,161. A ust came next, with 110 storms and $737,340 estimat3 damage. June follows, with 95 storms and $435,733 damage. Next in order are Sep- tember, May, April, and October. No storms were recorded between November 1 and March 31 in any of the four years. The distribution of hailstorms over the State each year for the three years combined is shown in Figures 1-8. From these it will be noticed that: (1) Ye
near Omer, Arenac County, westward to the Lake Michi- gan shore near Benzonia, in Benzie County, except the middle portion of the upper peninsula. (2) The number of hailstorms along the windward shore of the lower peninsula are remarkably small. (3) The area having eatst number of storms extends in a southwest- nort east direction in the sha e of a fan, with the extreme totals at some distance from ake Michigan, across which the revailing wind blows. This proves conclusively that
circulation which produces hailstorms and tornadoes. It is interestin that the region of greatest fre uency of tor-
area of greatest frequency of hailstorms. The paths of some hailstorms could be traced across two or three counties but the width is usually not greater than one townsbip. In some cases two or three storms, with parallel paths, evidently occurred about the same time. A detailed statement of the location, date, and extent of damage of each storm follows:
hailstorms are recorded north of a line from La e ;;9 won, few
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the IT
the E akes are effective agents in preventing the vertical
nadoes in hichigan is practically coinci 3 ent with the
HAILSTORMS IN MICHIGAN, 1920
April ,&-Light hail reported near Kalamazoo, Kala- mazoo County. ApriZ 11 .-Light hail reported near Saginaw, Saginaw County. ApZ 2O.-Light hail reported near Iron River, Iron County. April %?.-Light hail occurred near Bloomingdale, Van Buren County; Megan and Otsego, M e an County;
Plainwei, A18" egan County; St. Joseph, Berrien County; Hillsdale, Hillsdale County; Lansing, Ingham County; Monroe, Monroe County; Eloise, Wa e County; Luther, Lake County; Benzonia, Benzie &ty; Grand Rapids, Kent County; Iron Mountain, Iron County. No damage reported at any of these places. May 5.-Light hail reported near Humboldt, Mar- quette Count . May 18.-&ht hailstorm near Marquette, Marquette
Saginaw Sa ' aw County; Arbela, Tusco 7 a County;
county.
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FIG. %.-Hailstorms in June, 19?&1933, inclusive
Fro. 2-Hailstorms in Yay, 1910-1923, inclusive
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FIO. 5.-Heilstorms in August, 1920-1923. inclusive FIG. l.-Hailstorms in:October, 193-1923, inclusive
TOtd
Upper Penlnsuk ME SUPERIOR
Lower Pcnlnsula,
no. &-Hallstanas in September, 1920-1923, inclusive FIG. S.-Hailstorms April to October, 1820-18~, inclusive
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May 2O.-Light hail reported near Humbolt, Mar-
June 1 .-Lid& hail reported near Ann Arbor, Wash- quette County.
tenaw Count . -
June 6.- 3- ailstorm in Almona Township, Van Buren County, with damage totaling about $Z,'obO Allegan County suffered considerable dama e this date, as follows: Or e Township, $3,200; danlius Township $13,500; Cly Yf e Township, $6,000; and Ganges Town: -. .
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- sbi -, $6;000: June 7.-Li ht hail reported in Menominee, Meno- minee County ;%arquette, Marquette County. Damage unknown. June &-Damage in Greenbush township, Clinton County, about $800; Marquette, Marquette County;
damage not reported. June &-Hailstorm in Geneva Township, Van Buren County; damage, $1,800. June 1O.-Light hail near Ewen, Ontona on County.
Van Buren Counties.
Washtenaw County :
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Light hailstorms in Washtenaw, Oakland, E alhoun aiid Damage estimated as follows:
Freedom Township ______________________________ $2,200
Northfield Township _____________________________ 2,000
Salem Township _________________________________ 650
Lyon Township .................................. 3,300 Oakland Township _______________________________ 500 250 500
Jum 14.-Light hail near Arbela, Tuscola County. June 15.-Light hail near Port Huron, St. Clair
June 16.-Hailstom in second tier of counties from Kalamazoo County eastward to Washtenaw. The damage by townships is estimated as follows:
Kalamazoo County, Wakesma Township _______________ $3,900
Calhoun County: Penfield Township _________c _____________________ 3, 750
Convis Township ________________________________ 500
Shendan Township ______________________________ 3,000
Tekonsha Township_-.__---_-_-__________--___---_ 200
Parma Township ________________________________ 4,500
Sandstone Township ______________________---____ 5,500
Grass Lake Township ____________________________ 700
Leoni Township- ____________ __________________ __ 28, 000 Tompkins Township ___-_________________________ 1,100 Summit Township _________-_____________________ 5,500
Sharon Township__--__-_____--------__---------- 13,500
Lodi Township __________________________________ 520
Freedom Township- _____________________________ 1,200
Northfield Township- __ - - - - - - - __ - - - - - - - - - - - - __ - - 300
Outside of this tier of counties scattered storms did damage tm follows:
Gladwin, County, Sage Township _______________________ $600
Genesee County, Thetford Township .................... 400
Oakland County, Lyon Township _______________________ 4,000
June %%-Light hail occurred at Escanaba, Delta County; Iron River, Iron County. No dama e reported. June B7.-Lqht hail reported near Iron %iver, Iron
July I.-Hail reported near Iron River, Iron County. J d $.-Rather light hailstorms in Genesee, Lapeer, and 8 d a o Counties. Damage in Genesee County, ETit and Clayton Townships, about $3,000; damage in Lapeer County, Lapeer and Burnside Townships.
$2,500; dam e in Sanilac Count , Elk Township, $300, July 7'.-%amage in Clinton dunty, Olive Township about $2,000; damage in Macomb County, Washingto; Township, about $1,750- damqe in Ionia County, Berlin Township, about $500; damage UI Huron County, Sebawa-
ing Township, about $600.
Oakland County:
Calhoun County, Convis Township- __ _____ __ _ ___ - - _ ___ Van Buren County, Paw Paw and Lawrence townships- _ _
county.
Jackson County:
Washtenaw County:
county.
J d y 8.-Many hailstorms on this date, especially in the southeastern quarter of the State. The greatest damage occurred in Oakland and Lapeer Counties, but the damage was also heavy in some localities in other counties. A tabulation of estimated damages follows:
Genesee County, Fenton, Clayton, Fliiit Townships- ____ $1,675
Livingston County, Tyrone Township ..................... 2,000
Mecomb County, Clinton Township .................... 3,000 Oakland County, Orion, Novi Townships _______________ 35,000
Jackson County, Watertown, Waterloo, Leoni, Black- man Townships _______ ____________________________ 4,725
La eer County, Elha, Alinont, Hadley, Metemora, gryden Townships _________________________________ 32,000
Saginaw County, Tittabwassee Township- - - - _ _ - - - - - - - _ 1, 000 Calhoun County, Eckford, Fredonia, Morengo, Newton Township6_____-____--_--_____-__..________-.__-____ 6,500
Branch County, Quincy, Butler, Coldwater Townships- - _ 5,875
Ionia County, Portland, Berlin Townships- __ _ - - - - - - - - _ 6,000 Eatoii County, Windsor, Chester Townships ______ - - - - - _ _ 1,200 Huron County, Paris Township-- _______ ____ - - - - - __ __ - _ 500
Washtenrtw County, Sheron Township __________________ 2,700 St.. Clair County, Berlin Township _____________________ 3,600
Wayne County, Northville Township ___________________ 2,250
J d y ll.-Light storm in Antwerp Township, Van Buren County; dam e about $500.
July 12.-Grand 8arais, Alger County; damage not reported. July 16.-Considerable damage in Oakland and Wa e Counties. In Oakland County, Bloomfield and g v i Townships, the dama e, mostly in latter, totaled about
outh Townshi ; damage about $15,000. Slight damage
July 17'.-Hail reported a t Grand Haven, Ottawa County. July 18.-Damage in St. Clair County, Emmett and Berlin Townships; about $1,900. Damage in Sanilac County, Marlette and Burnsides Townships, about $23,500. This was mostl in Madette Township, the
34, 35, 36. Damage m Macomb County, Richmond and Armada Townships, 616,750; damage in Midland County, Ingersoll Township, $1,500. July ,%',%'.+light damage, Washington Township, Macomb County; $500.
July .%-Light hailstorm a t Escmaba Township, Delta County. July @.-Light hail reported near Luther, Lake County. July S7.-Damage, Marlette Township, Sanilac Count ,
$25,000. Considerab i: e damage in Wayne County, Plym-
also De Witt !i ownship, Clinton County; about $250.
following sections being a B ected: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 11, 33,
about $1,000; damage Freemont Township, Tusco T a
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wm Water Township, with about $4,000; Lebanon, with $3,500 or more; and the following in the order named, with decreasin amount of damage: Wacousta, Olive, De Witt, Riley,%engal, Westphalia, Victor, and Essex. The next count , in amount of damage, was Gratiot,
townships, 111 the order named, suffering most: Fulton, Northshade, Bethany, and Emmerson.
The losses in Ingham County, mostly in Lansin Township, totaled about $9,500, a slight amount o which occurred in Meridian Township. Genesee Count also suffered a loss of about $9,500, in Mundy and &and Blanc Townships, the damage being slightly greater in the former.
In Macomb Count a loss of $2,700 occurred, mostly
The loss in Clare County, mostly Lyon Township,
was estimated at $6,000.
where it probaby 9 exceeded $10,000, the following
f
in Ray and Armada 4 ownships.
Townships.
The damage in Washtenaw County was about $3,300, mostly in Pittafield township; some also in Scio Town- shi . 81 Eaton County, Delta Townshi the damage was heavy, r b a b l y exceeding $8,000. t i g h t damage also occurre in Eaton and Oneida Townships. Huron County had a loss of about $10,000, mostly in Sebewaing Township, but the damage was fairly heavy
also in Fairhaven and Dwi ht Townships.
in North Plains Township, with lighter damage in Lyons
' ;y a o u n County the total loss was probably about $8,000 mostly in Marshall Township; also some in Fre- donia and Leroy Townships. Sli ht damage in St. Clair
Considerable damage in Gladwin County, Sage Town- shi , probabl exceeding $5,000.
faginaw dunty, Jonesfield Townshi
hail. August '7.-Damage in Fredonia and Marshall Town- ships , Calhoun County, about $2,200; Pittafield Town- "hip& Washtenaw County, $350; Columbia Township, Jac on Count $600.
County, about . $1,750; Fredonia Township, Calhoun County, about $850. Au-gzlst 9.-Heavy damage occured in several southern counties, including Berrien , e s d a l e , Kalamazoo, and St. Joseph. Lighter damage in several other counties. Damage tabulated as follows :
Berrien County, Oronoca and Benton Townships, about ________________________________________ $20, 000-$25,000
Kalamazoo County, Texas Townships, about- _ - - - 25,000-30,000
Hilledale County, Woodbridge Township, about- - ______ - 25,000
Gratiot County, Elba Township, about ________________-- 6,000
Ingham County, Delhi Township, about ______-__________ 1,000
Huron County, Verona, Lincoln, and Sigal Townships, a b o u t ____---_-_-------__----__-----_--------_----_ 2,250
Eaton County, Welton, Bellvue, Winsor, Potterville, Benton Townships, about ___________________________________ 8,000
Saginaw County, Rockville Township ___________________ 1,200 Calhoun County, Fredonia Township _____________-_____- 1,000 St. Joseph County, Sturgia Townsbip _.._____-______----_- 6,000
About $6,500 damage resu 9; ted in Ionia County, mostly
County, Brockaway, not to excee if $750.
about $4,500. Also Ewen, Ontonagon 8' ounty, had a reported loss Of
August 8.- b amage, Hamilton Township, Clare
August 10.4torm running from southwest to north- east, starting in Washtenaw, through ortionsof Li ' 8-
considerable damage as follows:
Washtenaw County, Sylvan, Lodi, Lima, Scio Township,
Livingston County, Handy, Hamburg, Hartland, Putnam
Oakland County, Commerca, Milford, Bloomfield Town-
Macomb County, Armada, Bruce Townships, about------- St. Clair County, Mussey, Lynn, Berlin, Townships, about-
ton, Oakland, Macomb and St. Cair P Counties3d
about------_-----__-_---------------------------- $8,000
Townships, about _________----_____________________ 17, OOO
ships, about-_____-_------------__-,--_------------_ 9, OOO
2, OOO 4, OOO
about $600. Augu,st 14.-Washtenaw County, Dexter and Sylvan Townships, damage $1,250. August 1.5.4ntonagon County, Victoria Township, damage not reported; Marquette Count , Ishpeming Township, dama e not reported; Luce Zounty, New-
August 18.-Washtenaw County, Webster Township, about $400. August 19.-Berrien County, Creneka Township, dam- age, $4,000.
Au..gust dO.-Washtenaw County, Sylvan Township,
berry Township, g; amage not reported.
-. - damage, $650. August 27.-Clinton County.- Riley township, dam- age, $300. August d8.Chiawassee County, Burns Township, damage, $1,000. ; Livingston County, Howell Township, $1,600. September 6.-Alle an County, Ot,sego Township, dam-
age not re orted.
age, about $3,500; Huron County, Bigham Township, dama e about $500; Mecosta County, Sheridan Town- shi %amage about $1,750. &pternbc~ 12.-Clare County, Franklin Township, damage about $5,000. September 96.4aginaw County, Bloomfhld Township, darqage about $1,800; Huron County, Grand Township, damage about $500. September 28.-Marquette County, Marquette Town- ship, damage not reported. September 29.-Al er County, Munisin Township,
Town-
, %amage not reported. Shi8ctober 6.-Huron County,. Colfax Township, damage
age not reported; La a e County, Luther Township, dam-
Septsm l? er 11.-Huron County, Paris township, dam-
dama e not reportet Allegan County, Alegan f
about $3,500. October IO.-Mason County, Ludington Township, damage unknown. October 11 .-Gratiot County, Alma Township, damage not reported; Tuscola County, Arbela Township, damage notre orted. Octo ! e.r 13.-Houghton County, Houghton Township. October .28.-Alger County, Munising Township.
HAILSTORMS IN MLCHLQAN, YEAR 1921.
April 0.-Hail was reported in Gratiot County, near Alma; damage not reported. ApriZ 16.-Hailstorms occurred in Alle an County, near Plainwell and Alle an; also in St. 8air County, near Port Huron; fisc0 f a County, near Arbella.
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April %I.-Light hail was reported in Tuscola County, near Arbella; in Genesee County, Thetford and Forest
and in Houghton
County, near Alma. A p d 30.-A hailstorm occurred in Marquette County, Ish eming. iau 3.-Hail was reported in Chippewa County, ne,, -- Sault %,e. Marie.
May IS.-Hailstoms occurred in Wayne County, near Detroit, and Luce County, near Newberry. May %I.-Light hail reported in Eaton County, with about $250 damage in Sunfield Township; also in Mar- quette Count , near Humboldt.
Alpena; Iosco County, near East Tawas; in Ontolingon County, near Victoria, and in Delta County, near Escanaba. May %&-Falls of hail occurred in Allegan County near Allegan, Otsego, and Plainwell; in Saginaw County, near Saginaw; in St. Clair County, near Port Huron, and Iosco County, near East Tawas. M~y 34.-Hailstorms occurred in Calhoun, Eaton, Bay, and Saginaw Counties. Damages in Calhoun County, Sheridan Township, about $1,000; Bay County, Franken- muth Township, estiniated damage $2,000; and in Kochville Township, Saginaw County, total damage about $400.
May %5.-Hailstorms occurred in Saginaw County, near Saginaw; Washtenaw County, near Ann Arbor; Kalamazoo County, near Kalamazoo. May %?.-Heavy hailstorins in Ionia Countg, espe- cially in North Plains and Sebewa Townships, with esti- mated losses of $16,500. Hail was heavy also in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, with estimated damage of $3,300. In Branch County, near Coldwat.er, hail caused damages estimated a t $1,250. In Columbia Township Jackson County, the damage was about $775. May %.-Li ht hailstornis were reported in Wa county, near Betroit; in St. Clair County, near G Huron. May 30.-Hail was reported in Delta County,'near Escanaba. June &-Light hail was reported in Allegan County,
May 22.- H ailstorms occurred in Alpena County, nea.r
near Ganges.
_. June 5.-Light hailstorm, Denmark Township, Tuscoln
~
county. Ju.ne 18.-Hailstorm in Mayfield Township, La eer
and Clayton Townships, Genesee County, the damage from hail on this date was estimated at $5,300; also in Marquette County, near Ishpeming. J u n e 2 0 .4 ' ht damage III Ingham and Van Buren
June 8I.-Dam e in Coe Township, Isabella County,
about $4,250; in Homer Townshp, Calhoun County, sbout $1,000; near Detroit, Wayne County, unknown. Washtenaw County, about $350; in Adams Towntkp, Hillsdale County, @bout $7,500; in Paw Paw Township, Van Buren County, about $6,500; in Bangor Townsblp, Van
Buren County, about $7,250.
County, with estimated damage of $3,500. In 3 lint
Counties, proba % ly not to exceed $1,250.
about $2,500; in T asper Townshi., Midland County,
June 85.-Damage in Saline Townshi
June %6.-In Windsor Township, Eaton County, dam-
age estimated a t $2,825 occurred. In Benton Township, Eaton Count the damage was about $800. In Ingham
Van Buren County, Antwerp and Paw Paw Townships, the damage was nearly $8,000; in Texas Towndup, Kalamazoo County, the damage was estimated at $7,000.
July
I
%.-Slight damage in Texas Township, Kala-
County, Del E I Township, estimated damage $4,350; in
mazoo Count . J d y 4.- I-? eavy hailstorms in Eaton Township, Eaton Countv. damaees about $6,000. and in Eaton Rapids TownsGp, Eat& County, about $1,000.
Greatest dam e occurred in Genessee County, city of Flint, esti-
width of path of this storm was estimated as 4 miles. The hailstones were one-fourth to one-half inch in diameter. The storm occurred about 4 p. m., and came from the northwest. Outside of Genessee County the next eatest damage on this date was in Paw Paw Township, Fan Buren County, estimated at $18,500. In Bloom- field Township, Saginaw County, the damage totaled about $14,000; Meridian Township, Ingham County, suffered about $2,500 from a hailstorm; Crystal Town- ship, Montcalm County, about $2,000; Hartland Town- ship, Livingston County, about 81,000, while lesser dam- age occurred in sections of Huron and Calhoun Counties, respectively, about $700 and $200. Also in Kent County, near Grand Rapids, damage slight. J,uZy 6.-On this date there were many and scattered hailstorms. The total damage was considerable, but the loss was not great in any one section. The damages might be tabulated as follows:
Gratiot County, Beville and Arcola Townships, about---- $2,000 Sanilac County, Maple Valley Township, about __________ 670 Huron County, Sebawaing Township, about _-__________ 4,750 Lapeer County, Goodland and Dryden TownshipR, about_- 1,250 Saginaw County, Frankenmuth and Birch Run Townships, a h o u t -------------------------------------------_ 2,750 Oakland County. White Oak and Highland Townships, a b o u t --______---------_------------_--------__--- 3,300 Eaton County, Eaton and Brookfield Townships, about--- 1,200
Also in Luce County, near Newberry, damage not reported. July ?.-Heavy hailstorm in Mason County, Sheridan, Sherman, Branch, and Freesoil Townships. " Hailstones size of walnuts; some nearly as large aa small hen's egg." Width of path about 2 miles. Total damage must have been more than $25,000. Light hailstorm also near Eaton Rapids, this date; also in Alger County, near Munising. J d y 8.-Severe hailstorm in Sunfield and Roxand Townships, Eaton Count Over $50,000 damages esti- mated in these two townsgps. The damage was fully as
eat or even eater also in Woodland Township, Barry
and west. The storm was evidently about 3 mies in width, the path of greatest destruction being about 12 miles long. No report available as to size of hail- stones. In addition to the storm mentioned, damage from hail occurred in several other counties on this date, as follows:
Gratiot County, Bethany Township, about ____________ $1,500 Saginaw County, Bloomfield Township, about- - - - - - - - - - 800 Genessee County, Clayton Township, about ____________ 4,500 Gladwin County: Second Township, about _________________________ 1,600 Gladwin and Grout Townships, about _____________ 1,900 Clare County, Hamilton and Arthur Townships, about-- 13,500 Sanilac County, Minden Township, about- - - _ _ ____ _ - - - 900
Isabel18 County, Nottawa Township, about .-__-__-_--_ 4,250
July 5.4everal severe hailstorms this date.
mate T at $50,000, by the postmaster, Flint, Mich. The
f east
Eounty, the t f? ree townships lying in a row runnin
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July 9.-Tuscola County, Gilford Township, damage about $700.
J d y IO.-Sanilac County, Lexington Township, dam- age about $650.
July 13.-Isabella County, about $7,500, heaviest in Nottawa Township; li hter in Fremont, Rollandj Deer- field, Bloomfield, anif Isabella Townships. Also in
Chi J%y 14.-Scattered hailstorms in the central portion of the State; estimated damage as follows:
Eaton County, Eaton Rapids Township ________________ $4,500 Ieeibella County, Nottawa, Fremont, Bloomfield Town- ships------------_------------__-------_-___------ 3,800 Branch County, Algansee Township-- - __ - _ - - - - - - - - - _ - _ _ 600 Washtenaw Countg, Bridgewater Township-- _ - - ______ - - 650 Livingston County, Putnam Township _________________ 3,350 Monroe County, Raisinville Township __________________ 1, 500
July 15.-Isabella County, Vernon Townshi
ewa County, near Sault Ste. Marie.
about $400. On this date ve
haw County, in Jonesfield, Richland, Lakefield, and Fre- mont Townships. The ostmaster at Merrill, in Jones-
in width and 10 miles in len th, extendin from north to
chickens, breaking windows, and destroying farm crops. The storm occurred at about 12 :30 p. m. The damage in the vicinity of Merrill he estimates at $60,000 to $75,000.
The total damage of the entire storm probably exceeded
$100,000 in Saginaw County, while farther north, in Mount Holey and Ingersoll Townships, Midland County, the damage was estimated at $65,500. Lighter storms on the same date occurred in Shiawassee County, Rush Township, damage about $5,000; Sa e Township, Glad-. win .County, about $8,000, and li&t damage also in Marion Township, Sanilsc County. July 18.-Hailstorm in Webster Township, Washtenaw County; damage about $1,500.
July 2G.-Hailstorm in Bloomfield and Si el Town-
this date also in Isa- with damage esti- mated at from $200 to $650 in individual counties. July 29.-Widespread hailstoins on this date. Most destructive in Tuscola and St. Clair Counties. In Tus- cola County the reatest damage occurred in Denmark,
$15,000 in each township. In St. Clair County the greatest dama e W R ~ in Casco Township, where the dam-
county was estimated as follows : Mussey Township,
$3,350; Lynn Township, $3,000; China Township,
$2!000; Cotterville Township, $1,500; Emmett Town- . s h p $2,800; Berlin Township, $1,000; Riley Township,
$2,000; Ira Township, $3,600; and Wales Township,
$5,250. On the same date, in New Haven Township, Shiawassee Count , the dama e from hail was about
mated damage $1,500. Slight damage in Cla on .and
damage about $5,275. Hamilton $ownship, Clare County, about $6,200; Sage Township, Gladwin County, about $1;350; Lincoln Township, Berrien County, about
$16,500; Merritt Townshi Ba County, about $1,600.
In Richmond Township, hkom% County, the storm was described as “very severe,” path about 33 miles wide; total damage about $9,000.
July 3O.-Another date with heavy hailstorms, prob- ably doing more than $100,000 darnage in the State as a
heavy and t’ estructive damage hailstorm occurred in the nort Y western portion of Sag-
field Township, reports t K at the storm was about 3 miles
south. Hailstones were one- % alf inch in d iameter, killing
estimated f amage of
Junista, and G A ord Townships, probably exceeding
age was neary 9 $50,000. Damage elsewhere in the
$4,000. In Long €? npids Towns % ip, Alpena County, esti-
Flushing Townshi s, Genesee County, probab ? y not ex- ceeding $600. In % urlington Townshi , Lapeer County,
whole. The county sufferin the atest damage WBB
a e was estimated $47,300. Berrien County had a loss
mostly in the former. d e loss in Genesee agrgated
about $10,000, in Mund , Gaines, Flushing, layton,
$6,000; while in Gladwin Count , Sage, Gladwin Buck-
ceeded $11,000. In Midland County dama e to the
Counties this date, .probably not exceedin $750 in either county; also in Clup ewa County, near h t h h Point.
ship, damage about $750, and Calhoun County, Lee Township, about $200.
Au ust 5.-Light hail occurred in Houghton County, near houghton August 6.-Destructive hailstorm 4 miles north of Port Huron. Stones as large as golf baUs. Path about 2
miles lon and 2 miles wide, total dama e estimated at
$35,000; %a eer County, Townships o f Imlay, Elba,
August 13.-Moderately heavy hail in k i n ton
, Sanilac County, with damage estimates at
Townships, not over $1,600 dama e in two. Light
Counties, the damages in ad probably being less than
$5,000.
Atqust 17.-Destructive hailstorms in several coun-
Clare (Hamilton and Arthur fi.r owns ‘ps), where the dam-
o P about $25,000 in Ro alton and Lake Township,
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and Flint Townshi s. I he loss in St. Clam Count , Casco, China, and 8 olumbus Townships, totaled near y
eye, and Lutman Townships, t { e damage probably ex-
extent of $5,250 occurred; also in Calhoun and i! ivingston
July 31 .-Light ha1 s in Gladwin County, Nester Town-
Hadley, and E apeer, damage about $2,500.
$5,000, Townsh!l! ghter damage in same county,. Elk and Buel
s t o m in Macomb, Ingham Tusco K a, and Shiawassee
Woodland Township,
Clare and Gladwin
Azlgvst SO.-Hail damage in Clare County about
$25,000. About $17,500 of this was in Hamilton Town- ship. Shiawassee County damage about $1,500, in New Haven and Caledonia Townships, mostly the former. Se tember 4.-Light hail occurred in Lake County,
Sevtember .2O.-HJlstorms reDorted in Houghton near !L uther.
Y
Couhy, near Hou hton.
near Iron River: also in Union Township, Isabel a 9
September 29.- a ail was reported in Iron Count ,
*.
County, damage about $7,500.
Septembpr SO.-Li ht hailstorm in Grand Traverse
near Munisin October S.-%ght hail reported in Delta County, near Escanaba. October 3.-Hailstorms occurred in Allegan County, near Otsego, Trowbrid e, and Allegan; in Calhoun County, near Albion; P ackson County, near Jackson; Saginaw County, near Saginaw; Lake Count , near
near Alma: Mason County, near Lugngton; Shiawassee County, near Durand.
Count , near Fife La 5 e; Benzie Countg, near Benzonia;
Branc i County, near Coldwater; and 111 Alger County,
Luther; Berrien County, near St. Jose h; Gratiot e ounty,
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October .+.-Hailstorm was reported in Berrien County, near St. Joseph; also in Mason Count , near Ludington. October ?'.-Hailstorms were reportefin Mason County, near Ludington; Benzie County, near Frankfort; in
Ontonagon County, near Victoria; and in Megan Count , near Mumsing.
near St. Joseph; Washtenaw County, near Ann Arbor; Calhoun County near Battle Creek; Huron County, near Harbor Beaeh; Mason County, near Ludington. October ld.-Hailstorms were reported in .Antrim County, near Old Mission; Calhoun County, near Albion; and Alle an County, near Plainwell and Otsego. October 17.--1 hailstorm was reported in Ottawa Count , near Grand Haven.
Octo 3: er S.-There were falls of hail over Berrien County,
Octo i et- H.-Light hail fell in Allegan County.
HAILSTORMS IN YICHIQAN, 1933
April 3.-Fine hail fell several times near Newberry, Luce County; no damage re orted. April 7.-Hail fell near gault Ste. Marie, Chip ewa County; there was no damage. Also near Omer, hger Count!;
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Manistee County;
gpril 19.-Hail was reported near Otsego, Allegan
May .+.-Hail fell at Ludington, Mason County, with-
Ma 6.-Hart, Oceana Count , also in Huron County,
County, and also near Plamwell in the same county.
out damage.
near 6% ly were visited by hai 5 storms; damage about - $1,825. .
May 16.-Bloomingdale, Van Buren County; also Ironwood, Gogebic County, had falls of hail; there was no damage re orted. May 17.-&ctoria, Ontona on County; no damage.
and at Plainwil, Allegan County; no damage. May 2.+.-Clinton County, near St. Johns and Fowler; damage $3,500. June 5.-Severe hailstorms visited an area bounded b Ionia Shiawassee, Oakland, Livingston, and Ingham &unties, with damage estimat,ed as follows:
Shiawaeeee, near Shaftsburg ___________________________ $6,000 Oakland, near Milford ________________________________ 1,200 Ingham, near Haslett and Lansing _____________________ 1,200 Ionis, near Ionia, Lake Odessa, and Portland ___________ 9,500 &ivingston, near Fowlerville ___________________________ 2,500
June 8.-Li ht fall of hail reported from Wayne County, near Eloise. June &-Moderate to heavy falls of hail fell quite enerally from Van Buren County northeastward through
a urop County, with damage estimated as follows:
Bwon County, near Harbor Beach, damage unknown. AUegan County, near Fennville and Allegan _____________ $2, 900
Eaton County, near Eaton rapids ______________________ 12,270
Van Buren Oountv. near Paw Paw ..................... 600
May 1 8 .L i ht hail at Batt 7 e Creek, Calhoun County,
In ham County, near Mason __________________________ 5, SO0 Caqhoun County, near Athens and Ceresco ______________ 300 Livingston County, near Fowlerville- _ ___________ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ 3001 Genesee County, near Flint and Flushing ______________ 5,5W Sanilac County, near Minden City ..................... 460 Allegan County, near Allegan, damage unknown.
June 1O.Chiawassee County, near Durand; damage unknown. June 11.-Bay county, near Bay City; damage un- - known. June 16.-Severe and even violent thundersqualls accompanied by damaging falls of hail and with heavy downpours occurred from the southwestern corner of the Stat,e northeastward through Ogemaw and Sanilac Counties. The damage reported was as follows:
Ionia Count , near Pewamo and Lyons _________________ $7,800 Shiawassee 8ounty, near Shaftsburg, Henderson, and New Lathrop_-_-_______-_________-_____-__-______-____ 7,000 Clinton County, near St. Johns, Westphalia, Eagle, Fowler Elsie, and Merle Beach _____________________________ 3,000 Calhoun County, near Athens, Homer and Tekonsha---__ 2,000 Lenawee County, near Morenci, cloudburst and fall of hail. St. Joseph County, near Golen and Sturgis ______________ 9,000 Ionia County, near Webber Dam, damage unknown. Sanilac County, near Sandusky ________________________ 2,750 Manistee County, near Wellston, damage unknown. Ogemaw County, near West Branch .................... 13,000 Van Buren County, near Hartford, Lawrence and Decatur- 4,500
June 1'7.-Falls of hail were reported in Newaygo County, near Croton, and in Oceana County, near Hart; damage unknown. June 27.-Light to moderate falls of hail occurred over the central portion of the Lower Peninsula, with damage
as follows :
Eaton County, near Eaton Ra ids and Charlotte $1, 400 Calhoun County, near Battle 8reek- - __ - - - - - _ _ 1: ::---I:: 1 200 Gratiot County, near St. Louis _________________________ 4,000 Isabella County, near Shepard _________________________ 2,000 Ingham County, near Mrteon __________________________ 7,150 Van Buren County (territory unknown) __________________ 1,500
June %-There was a heavy fall of hail in Van Buren County, near Lawton and Paw Paw, dama e 39,150. June SO.-Hail fell heavil in Sanilac E ounty, near
at $25,000. A moderate fall in Clinton county, near Elsie, dama e 31,700.
Sandusky and Deckerville, t K e damage being estimated
JaZ 3.- 1 heavy hailstorm occurred in Jackson county near Y ackson, the damage being estimated at 312,000.
Vassar, the f amage being reckoned as $360; Sanilac
near l! ronwood. No estimation of damage is known.
reported in Keweenaw County, near Eage ? Harbor;
Jzaly 7.-A light fall in Ingham, near Williamston,
July 8 .T ht falls of hail; in Tuscola county, near
J d 9.-A fall of had occurred in Gogebic County,
JuZy 10.-Light falls of hail were reported as follows: Sanilac county, near Sandusky, damage 3630; Genesee County, in Grand Blanc Township, $250. July 15.-A thunderstorm accompanied b hail was
damage unknown. July 16.-Light to heavy fall of hail in Manistee' County, damage unknown; also on the same date as follows :
Eaton County, near Dimondale, in Windeor Township---_ $425 Clinton County, near Dewitt __________________________ 704 Oceana County, in Elbridge Township __________________ 24,050
July 18.-In Kalkaska County, near Ivan; damage not. reported. July 31 .-Severe disturbances accompanied b7 light.. large hail, and winds of almost c clonic force
damage 3700.
County, near cFosswell,a $340.
aver the southern counties of the s QWW peain..
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sula. In Lenawee County, near Morenci and Adrian, hail as large or larger than hens' eggs fell, doing heavy damage. In many counties the loss in cro s was serious. A tornado occurred near Rollin. The &mage was estimated as
follows :
St. Clair County, Marine City and St. Clair _______ ____ _ $1,600
Clinton County, near St. Johns, Merle Beach, Bath, and Fowle _____: _________________________-_-_-____---- 15,000 Genesee County, near Davidson _____________________c _ 2,400
Jackson County, near Rives Junction and Grass Lake__-- 19,000 Wuhtenaw County, near Manchest,er, Ann Arbor, nnd Saline----_________--_____________-____-_______-~- 6,500 Lenawee County, near Adrian-_ ____________ _________ 20,000
Baginaw County, near Hemlock- _ ___________________ *_ 600
Bhiawassee County, near Owosso
____________________r _ 6,500
Wayne County, near Detroit, damage not reported.
August 8.-Moderate falls of hail, with damage as follows :
Clare County, near Clare _____________________________ $3,000 Clinton County, near 8t.Johns ________________________ 400
Ingham county, near Lansing _________________________ 1,000
Wayne County, near Detroit, damage unknown. Delta County, near Escanaba, damage unknown.
August 3.-Light to heavy fall of hail occurred over the central counties of the southern lower peninsula, with damage as follows:
Ingham County, near Lansing _________________________ $7,500
Arenac County, near Turner __________________________ 22,500
Oakland County, near Ocford _________________________ 3,000 Livingston County, near Rushton ______________________ 10,000
Clinton County, near St. Johns, Dewitt, and Merle Beach- 4,800
Washtenaw County, near Whitmore Lake _______________ 300
Isabella County, near Rosebush _______-_______________ 375
Eaton County, near Vermontville ...................... 110
Calhoun County, near Albion _________________________ 1SO
NearAlbion it hailed for 30 minutes, with stones as large as one-half inch in diameter. Three different storms passed over during the afternoon. Ingham County, near Lansing, hail was reported but dama e unknown.
estimated:
Lapeer County, near Clifford __________----____________ $3,500
Tuscola County, near Reese and Mayville ______________ 9,200
Banilac County, near Marlette and Lexington ___________ 10, 000 Midland County, near Midland _______________________ 22,500
Baginaw County, near Saginaw and Hemlock ____________ 1,000
Calhoun County, near Albion _________________________ 250
Washtensw County, near Ann Arbor ___________________ 1,200 Jackson County, near Jackson _________________________ 7,500
Livingston County, near Rushton _____L ________________ 1,000
August I7.-Luce CounLy, near Newberry; consider- able hail fell the size of large hazelnuts from 4 to 4:15 p. m. ; damage unknown. August %f.-Grand Traverse County, near Fife Lake; damage unknown. September 1.-Light to very heavy and damaging falls of hail; .the extreme souah central part of the lower pen- insula .was visited.
Genesee County, near Clio and Mount Rose- ___________ $250
Jackson County, near Sprin port _---_____________ 5,500
Eaton County, near Eaton aapid's; 1: 1 - _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ 820
Calhoun County, near Albion _________________________ 2,000
Hillsdale Colinty, near Osseo __________________________ 750
Ingham County, near Leslie and Mason ________________ 4,500
Cess County, near Marcellus __________________________ 6,000 Van Buren County, near Mattaaan, Paw Paw, Bangor, and Decatur______---______-__------_---__--______ 97,200
September &-Wayne County, near Detroit; no dam- Van Buren County, near South Haven;
Septe.%.er 8 .4 a n i l a c County, Sandusky ; damage,
August 7.-Moderate and heavy fa 7 1s of hail; damage
age estimate. no dam e estimate.
$250,
September 7.-Livingston County, near Howell; dam-
September 8 .4 c e a n a County, near Hart; no dama e.
October 1d.-Bay County, near Bay City; damage
%ctober %S.--Saginaw County, Saginaw; damage slight.
age, $3,000.
fall of hail without loss.
sli ht.
September 0 .4 3 . Clair County, near Port Huron; lig 5 t
HAILSTORMS IN MIOHIQAN, 1923
ApriZ 21 .-Li ht hail fell near Alma, in Gratiot Count ,
time was from 2:10 p. m. to 9-05 -.& E. m. There was no
damage to crops, RB nothing had een planted because of the backward season. Hay IO.-Light hail fell near Saranac, Ionia County; no damage re orted. Muy 12.- h ere was a hailstorm near Saranac, in Ionia County; no damage reported. Hay I9.-F& of hail occurred a t Otgego, Plainwell, and Trowbri%e, in Allegan Count ; no estimate of
other counties, with damage as follows:
Gratiot County, in Pine River Township ________________ $500 Midland County, in Jasper Township ___________________ 2,500
Isahella County, in Coe Township ______________________ 5,250
Hay 2O.-Light hail fell near Saranac, Ionia County;
also near Big Rapids, Mecosta County; no damage reported. June d.-Li ht falls of hail fell in Dwight and Lincoln Townships, &ron County, with damage estimated at
$670.
June 6.-There were light hailstorms in Ben a1 Township, Clinton County; damage about $40. &o near Ann Arbor, in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County. June 6.-Moderate and heavy hailstorms occurred in two counties: Texas Township, in Kalamazoo County; damage $1,000; Raisinville, in Monroe County, damage
$S ,7 50.
June 7.-A serious hailstorm swept over Texas Town- ship, Kalamazoo County, damage $8,550; Antwerp Township, in Van Buren County, $750.
June 15.-Very light hailstorm in Westphalia Town-
, Clinton County; damage $60. une I4.-Li ht to moderate falls of hail occurred as follows : Broom eld Township, Isabella County, damage
$575; Novi Township, Oakland County, $3,300.
June &%-Light hadstorm in Watertown, Tuscola County, with dam e estimated at $100.
Town~hip, Grand Traverse Count ; no damage reported. In Gilford Townshi Dewitt and Olive bornships, Clinton County, $400.
Li ht falls of hail also occurred near Alpha. !?me %?.-Severe hailstorm swept Ionia County, with damage estimated as follows: Berlin Township,
$9,408; Sylvan Township $5,400
June 23.-Moderate faks of hail fell over Ionia County, Sebewa Township, damage, $300; Campbell Township,
$1,234.
June. 3fl.-Nem Newberry, in Pentland Township, Luce County, hailstones from one uarter to three-
ound for several hours. There was little apparent
r amage to crops.
and Albion, in 8alhoun County; a t the latter place t K e
damage was gven. Heavy falls of E ail visited several
i shiJ
June 2I.-Light T all of hail near Fife Lake, in Homes
Tuscola 6 ounty, damage $900;
quarters of an inch in diameter fell an a remained on the
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July %-Light to serious hailstorms occurred from the southwest counties northeastward to Lake Huron, with damage estimated as follows:
Fraxer Township, Bay County _________________________ $1,650 Garfield Township Bay County _______________________ 2,046
Piconnin Township, Ba County ..................... 825 750
Paris Township, Huron County ________________________ 37,890 Bingham Township, Huron County ________________-___ 170
Rloomfield Township, Huron County-- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - - _ _ - - - _ 700
Chandler Township, Huron County- - _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - _ - - _ _ 100
Verona and Meade Townships, Huron County __________ 925
Union Township, Branch County ______________________ 13,600
Waterford and Bloomfield Townships, Oakland County-_ 4,356
White Lake Township, Oakland County ________________ 330
Avon Township, Oakland County ______________________ 1,485 Denmark Township, Oakland County __________________ 24,200
Wheatlnnd, Argyle, Custer, Lamotte, and Marlette Town- ships, Sanilac County ______________________________ 2,130
Rives Township, Jackson County ______________________ 210
Leslie Township, Iiigham County ________ - ____ __ _______ 325
Odessa Township, Ionia County _______________________ 2,340
Burlington Township, Calhoun County _______ - ____ - ___ - 581 Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County ________________ 50
Fenton Township, Genesee County--_ - - _ _ - _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 369 Northfield Township, Livingston County- _ _ ______ - ____ _ 835
July 3.-Falls of hail were reported near Harrisville, in Harrisville Township, Alcona County, and Iron Mountain, in Breitung Township, Dickinson County; the damage was not given. Light hailstorms were also reported in two other counties, with damage estimated as follows:
Grout Township, Gladwin County- __ _ _ __ ___ _ - _ __ - - - _ _ _ _ $480 Paris Township, Huron County ________________________ 1,260
Bingham Township, Huron County- _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ ___ _____ - - - 150
JuZy 5.-Light to moderate visitations of hailstorms occurred, with estimated damage as follows:
Genesee Township, Genesee County- _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - ___ _ _ _ - _ _ $50 Denmark Township, Geneeee County- - _ _ - _ - __ _ _ - _ _ _ - - _ 100
Lincoln Township, Isabella County _____________________ 5,350
Ingersol %ownship, Mid P and County ___________________
Clayton Township, Shiawaseee County- - - _ - - _ - _ _ - - - - - - - $400. 00
Fawn River Township, St. Joseph County ______________ 400. 00 Munday and Gaines Townshi s, Genesee County- - _ _ - _ - 252. 50
Clayton Townshi Genesee &unty .................... 325.00 Leslie Township,?ngham County_- __ - ____ __ ____ - - __ - - _ 280.00
JuZy 7.-Light hailstorms occurred over Genesee County; damage, Munday and Gaines Townships, Genesee Count , $675.
estimated, &Meld Township, Livingston County,
8825.
JuZy 10.-Moderate to severe hailstorms, with tracks sweeping eastward or northeastward in the central portion of the southern counties, with damage estimated
as follows:
Sebewa and Danby Townships, Ionia County ___________ $3,180
Keene Townships, Ionia County ______ ;-_- ________ ___ __ 180
Riley and Westphalia Townships, Ionia County _________ 4,880
Bengal Township, Ionia County _______________________ 300
Northfield Township, Ionia County .................... 12,670
Green Oak Township, Ionia County ____________________ 640
J d y 11.-A fall of hail was reported near Alma, in Arcada Township , Gartiot County; damage and intensity sli ht. !$dy ld.-Light to moderate fall of hail occurred over four counties; the paths moved northeastward; damage estimated:
Hayes Township, Clare County _______________________ $3,050
Macomb Township, Clare County ..................... 1,020
Quincy Township, Branch County ..................... 420
Allan Township, Hillsdale County ..................... 500
. J d y 9.-Li Q it hailstorm over one county, with damage
Jdy99.-Hail was reported near Ebanaba in Ford Township, Delta County: the damage was negligible. JulySO.-A local hailstorm occurred near and in Alpena, in Sanborn Townshi , Alpena County, from
%amage was small and over a little area. A u p t 7.-A severe hailstorm swept over Washtenaw County:
Lima Township, Washtenaw County ___________________ $5,200
Lyndon Township, Waahtenaw County _________________ 4,000 Sylvan Township, Washtenaw County _________________ 2,000
t 18.-Tlie severest hailstorm of the year oc-
curre r over the east-central ortion of the lower penin- sula, the paths of the various iisturbances traveling north- eastward; damage as follows:
Coe and Chippewa Townshi s, Isabella County _____ $10,812 Lincoln Township, Isabella 8ounty- _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - -1: 1 _ - - _ _ 50,031
Fremont and Deerfield Townships, Isabella County- _ __ _ 20,744
Deeriield and Broomfield Townships, Isabella County--- 1,625 Lake Township, Isabella County ____________-________ 1,500
Paris Township, Isabella Count _____________________ 1,900
Hume and Meade Townships, &abella County - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 27,475
The disturbances over the following counties were much lighter:
Orange Township, Ionis County ______________________ $2,100
Forester Township, Sanilac County- _ _ _ __ - - - _ _ - - - _ _ _ ___ 350
Maple Valley, Sanilac County ______________________-_ 100 Marion Township, Sanilac Count _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _____ 320 Munday and Gaines Townships, &&&ee County- _ _ _ _ _ - _ 50
Au ?ut b7.-A light hailstorm occurred near Allegan,
timatef. Also in Lincoln Township, Isabella County,
$2,875.
Au,gust %?.-A moderate fall of hail visited one county; damage, Wakeshma Township, Kalamazoo County, $3,400. Aug& d9.-Light to moderate hailstorms, with esti- mated damage:
Athens Township, Calhoun County ..................... 1,883 Newton Township, Calhoun County ____ - _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ __ _ 574
Burns Township, Shiawassee County ____ - _ _ _ - - ______ _ _ - 400 Wakcshma Township, Belamaroo County _______ ______ - 2,480 Argentine Township, Genesee County _____ _ _ _ - _ - - - _ _ _ - - 125 Genesee Township, Genesee County ____ - _ _ - - - - _ _ _ _ _ __ _ 65
Nove Township, Oakland County _____________________ 10,230 Bedford Township, Monroe County ____: ______________ 2,500 LaSalle Township, Monroe County _____ - - - _ - _ _ _ _ - - _ _ _ _ 700 Ida and LaSalle Townships, Monroe County ____________ 1,310 Ida and Bedford Townships, Monroe County ___________ 1,500 Bedford Township, Monroe County ___________________ 3,450 Ida Township, Monroe County _______________________ 14,465
Erie Township, Monroe County _______________________ 2,250
Attica and Lapeer Townships, Lapeer County __________ 900
Lake Township, Huron County _______________________ 500
In Monroe County the damage was severe. The tracks moved northeastward or eastward. September I . -A li ht hailstorm visited .Conway Township, Livingston Eounty, with an estimated dam- age of $693. September 19.-Hailstorms were quite prevalent over the upper eninsula and northern counties of the lower peninsula, \ut either crops were out of danger or the
damage was very light. No damage was reported in any cases on this date. The localities were as follows: Near Deer Park, in McMillan Township, Luce County; near Hart Townshi , Oceana County, also Charlevoix County; near Grani Marais, in Burt Township, Alger County; Humboldt, in Humboldt Township, Marquette County; near Iron River, in Iron River Township, Iron County; near Munising, in Munising Township, Alger County; near Powers, in Spaulding Township, Menominee County; near Sidnaw, in Duncan Town-
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12:41 p. m. to 12:50 . m., wit i stones measuring from a uarter to three-eig E ths of an inch in diameter; the
Au
in AI i! e an Township, Allegan County; damage not es-
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&p, Houghton County; near St. Ivnace, in Moran Township, Mackinac County; near bt. James, in St. James Township, Charlevoix County; near Escanaba, in Escanaba Townshi , Delta County; near Houghton,
reported a t any of these places. September 19.-Hail occurred near Alpena, in Sanborn Township, Alpena County; near Benzonia, in Benzonia Township, Bernie County; near Frankfort, in Frank- fort Township; near Munising, in Munisin Township, Alger County; damage not reported. In 81d Mission, Grand Traverse county; Sheridan Township, Huron County, damage $450.
September l4.-Hail was reported near Omer, in Arenac Township, Arenac County.
in Houghton Towns B. ip, Houghton County. No damage
g5/. 678: 7 ( 763)
HEAVY HAILSTORM AND LOCAL SQUALL AT NEW OR- LEANS, LA., WITH A SUMMARY OF THE PREVIOUS RECORDS OF HAIL
By R. A. DYKE, Meteorologist
Weather Bureau OWce, New Orleans, La., April 20, 19241
A thunderstorm passed over New Orleans, La., on April 17, 1924, attended by a violent wind squall and a remarkable heavy fall of hail, which has led to an exami- nation of the record of hail at this station. Hail has fallen in New Orleans or its immediate vicinity
The period of most frequent thunderstorms, embracing h e summer months, is not the time of most frequent oc-
currence of hail in this locality. A total of 13 hailstorms has been recorded for the five months, May to September, while 18 have been recorded in March-A ril.
the mornin hours between 4 and 8 o'clock, this bemg the time of a least favorable for the occurrence of thun-
cooling of the air nearest the ground a t night opposes up- ward convection, so that traveling convective storms, which usually develop several hours earller, generally ex- haust their energy before early morning; and thunder-
No hailstorms have been recorded at rv ew Orleans for
dsrshorms. t he apparent explanation for this fact is that
storms can not usually build up to any great the conditions prevailing from 4
B well-developed It is interestin
and 7 p. m. and 40 er cent from 7 p. m. to 4 a. m. A few
night because comparatively few people are awake during certain hours, but in a large city the percentages given could not be much in error from this cause, Only a
jew of the recorded hailstorms were heavy and damaging, and these occurred late in the afternoon or early in the n' ht and during the spring months. %revious to the recent storm, the heaviest falls of hail in New Orleans occurred on April 16, 1879, and March 17,
1904; but these were far less heavy and damaging than the hail of April 17,1924.
In the evening of April 17, 1924, an hour previous to the Atom a narrow and rather shallow trough of low pressure
was passing the station, with barometer readin of 29.81
peratwe difference in the front and rear of this trough
occurrences of % ail in this locality
murrences of lig i! t hail were probably overlooked at
inches, sea level, a t New Orleans a t 7 p. m. 5 he tem-
was slight a t the earth's surface; the thermograph trace shows a fall of only 5" F. from before the storm to about
an hour after. At the Weather Bureau office, which is near the southern limit of the path of hail, there was less indication of disturbed pressure conditions than is regis- tered with many mild thunderstorms. The pressure rose at a moderate rate and apparently continuous1
of the storm. Thunder and lightning of a mild character occurred in t,he neighborhood of the office. The maxi- mum recorded wind velocity was 18 miles an hour at 8:15
p. m. to S :3 O p. m. and scattering hail fell from 8:IO p. m. to 8:15 p. m., the hailstones being 2 inches in diameter or
somewhat larger. The path of the hail was about 6 miles wide and 25
miles long. Hail began just east of Kenner, La., shortly before 8 p. m. and passed rapidly eastward as far as Chef Menteur, lastinv not more than 5 to 10 minutes at the various places arong the path. The entire cit of
the river bends to the south, was in the ath of the hid,
fully 3 inches in iameter. In a few places the hail on the ground was reported to be 4 inches deep, impeding the advance of an automobile at North Broad and St. Bernard Streets. Many buildings have a spotted ap- earance on the west side, showing where the paint was {nnocked off. Damage of about $7,000 was done to glass and plants of florists and in gardens. Other damages, difficult to estimate, resulted from broken windows in dwellings and other buildings; but the path of such damage was considerably smaller than the path of the hail. The central part of the front of the thunderstrom was marked by a mnd squall from the west-northwest, which reached almost tornadic force in the extreme western portion of the city and the adjoining suburbs near the upper protection levee. Numerous small houses were moved from their foundations, and several lightly built houses were scattered and destroyed. The roofs of
many other houses were dama ed, giving entrance to
losses from wind and rain may be conservatively esti- mated at $100,000.
The most serious injury reported was a fractures leg, suffered by a woman in a house which was blown to pieces. Lesser injuries, due to wind or hail, occurred to about 50 other persons. To persons who viewed the wreckage, it appeared remarkable that there were no
deaths or no worse injuries than occurred.
SEVERE HAILSTORM AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX.'
only a very slight increase in the rate of rise at t i? e with tune
New Orleans, except the extreme southern portion w Tl ere
and numerous re orts were received o P the hailstones
heavy rain, which increased t % e damage. The total
The most severe hailstorm that has visited the im- mediate vivinity of Corpus Christi occurred between
1 :10 and 2 a. m., May 10. Hail, averaging a half inch in diameter, fell nearly continuousl for almost an hour,
torrential rainfall (1.65 inches 'in 38 minutes). The greatest damage was sustained in Corpus Christi; one greenhouse was completely destroyed, as if riddled by buc>kshot; dwelling houses on Nueces Bay Hei hts
from the storm is est-hated at $15,000.
ath of the storm was a mile wide and 6 miles long. %e intensity of the storm decreased very much as it moved west of Nueces Bay Heights.
associated with strong north win c9 s, vivid lightning, and
suffered loss and damage throu h breakin of win d ows and flooding of the interior by t p;1 e rain. 4 he total loss
The
L Condensed from a report by J. P. McAutlffe, hfekorologkt.