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State. Seney reports "very fierce flashes from 7:00 to 9:00 p. m." 

 Kiron — "Lightning struck and killed a heifer, three miles northeast 

 from here." 



July 20th. The "weather map" shows a "low" central over Iowa, 

 moving east, on that day. Local storms are reported from 2 : 00 to 

 8 : 00 p. m. Middle River reports "lightning at 2 130 p. m. ; struck in 

 a grain-field, raising a dust cloud." 



July 21st. Local storms, mainly in the northwest part of the State, 

 where the weather had been hot. Nearly all were early evening storms, 

 rainfall beginning, in fifteen cases out of sixteen, between 2:00 and 

 10:00 p. M. Algona — "This storm formed high up; temperature at 

 12 :oo noon, dry bulb, 86°, wet bulb, 83 ; wind southwest." 



July 2 2d to 27th. Only four reports for the whole period. The 

 "weather map" of the 26th shows a well-defined little oval area of "low" 

 overlapping the corners of Iowa, Dakota, and Nebraska. Hail, doing 

 some damage to corn, is reported at Rock Branch. This place lies to 

 the southeast from this area. While this "low" was well-defined, it did 

 not last on into the 27th, but was dissipated. 



On the 27th we have setting in a cluster of storms which culminate 

 on the 29th. Eighteen reports are upon the storms of the 27th. 

 Several refer to a morning storm in Northwestern Iowa. Rainfall 

 times are: Seney, 2:00 a. m. ; Auburn, "very early;" Kiron, 4:00 

 a. m. ; Algona, 4 : 00 a. m. ; Onawa, 4:00 A.M.; Bancroft, 4 : 10 a. m. ; 

 Smithland, 5 : 00 a. m. ; Ft. Dodge, 5:30 a. m. ; Concord, 6:00 a. m. ; 

 Emmetsburg, 8:45 a. m. At Seney, "hail fell from 2 :i5 to 2 125 a. m., 

 half an inch deep — no serious damage ; lightning very fierce through 

 entire storm; rainfall, 3 inches(?)." Smithland — "Two cows killed, one 

 mile east. Emmetsburg — "Lightning continued sharp during the rain, 

 and seemed to extend all over. The clouds came from the southwest 

 and northwest, and met west of here, not over here." Five scattering 

 reports from diverse parts of the State relate to evening storms. 

 Clinton reports o. t8 inch hail falling between 6:04 and 7: 00 p. m. 

 Is not rain meant? 



July 28th. Twenty-five reports. Local heat-storms. Rainfall be- 

 gan in all cases between 10 : 00 a. m. and 8 :oo p. m. At Concord and 

 Albia, two, and at Cresco three, storms are reported, in the day. All 

 these, however, began within the above time limits. No hail is re- 

 ported. Concord reports, "from an elevated explosion, a wire clothes- 

 line in Garner was melted asunder; several persons shocked." Oska- 

 loosa — "Crabill killed by lightning; two horses killed; barn burned." 



