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45. Describe minutely the manner in which objects were carried inward, 

 upward and about in the whirhng vortex of the tornado cloud ; how thrown 

 outward and from what portion of the cloud. 



46. Describe the color of the tornado cloud ; its density ; how and when 

 changes in color and density occur; the color and density of the bottom of the 

 cloud as compared with the top ; the existence of hght and peculiar fleecy clouds 

 over and about the upper portion. 



47. Give the comparative size of top and bottom of tornado cloud; note 

 particularly and describe minutely any change in form when the bottom or tail 

 reaches the surface of the ground. 



48. Did the tornado cloud remain in a vertical position as it traveled for- 

 ward or was the tail of it inclined; in what direction and how many degrees from 

 the perpendicular ? 



49. Give all the motions of the tornado cloud which you observed, or which 

 you heard that others had witnessed, as for example : rising and falling, swaying 

 from side to side or whirling about a central axis, etc., etc. 



50. In examining the path of destruction, did you find any difference be- 

 tween the N. and S. sides of it? Which side was the widest; which the cleanest 

 cut ; which the most irregular and jagged along its outer edge ; on which side 



, were narrow paths of destruction cut inward toward the centre ? 



51. Thunder or lightning, in what portion of the horizon, at what time of 

 the day, and whether violent or otherwise. 



52. Was lightning or any manifestation of electricity witnessed in the fun- 

 nel-shaped tornado cloud as it approached or passed ? If so, describe the ap- 

 pearance minutely. 



53. Was lightning seen in the dark, heavy clouds surrounding the tornado 

 cloud to the N. and W ? 



54. Was the day unusually warm and sultry ? Give the maximum temper- 

 ature if possible, and state the hour at which it was observed, together with the 

 direction of the wind and the state of the sky existing at the time. 



55. What was the condition of the temperature after the tornado cloud 

 passed ? Did the air suddenly or gradually grow colder ? Give the minimum 

 temperature for that afternoon and evening, and during the night, with direction 

 of the wind. 



56. What had been about the average daily temperature, also the maximum 

 and minimum, together with the accompanying direction of the wind, for eight 

 or ten days previous to the occurrence of the tornado and for three days succeed- 

 ing its appearance ? 



57. Give the direction, in degrees, of the course pursued by the tornado 

 cloud along its path of destruction in your locality, as for example: N. 70° E.; 

 E. 30° N., etc., etc. 



58. If you, or any of your neighbors, have meteorological instruments, give 

 the readings of the thermometer and barometer, direction of the wind and the 



