1889.] and May 1888 in the Boob and BohilMand. 145 



I. Storm of 30th A^oril. 



PI 



ace. 



Uistrict. 



Time of 

 occurrence. 



Character of Storm. 



GnnuaTir 



Budaun. 



6 p. M. 



Slight, without precipitation. 



Saliaswan 



Do. 



6 p. M 



Sliglit, with small hail. 



Budaun 



Do. 



6 P. M. 



Moderate, with liail. 



Hapur 



Meerut. 



4-5 p. M. 



Slight, with small hail. 



Mawana 



Do. 



8-10 P. M. 



Severe, with hail. 



Meerat 



Do. 



6 P. M. 



Slight dust storm only. 



Amroha 



Moradabad 



Evening. 



Slight, with hail. 



Moradabad 



Do. 



6 P. M. 



Most destructive, very severe hail- 

 storm. 



Thaknrdwara .. 



Do. 



Evening. 



Slight, with hail. 



Baheri 



Bariolly. 



6-8 p. M. 



Destructive, heavy hailstorm, several 







men killed. 



Nawabgauj 



Do. 



V-9 P. M. 



Ditto. ditto. 



Bisalpur 



Pilibhit. 



10-12 p. M. 



Severe, with large hailstones. 

 Slight, with hail. 



Puranpnr 



Do. 



7-10 p. M. 



Several places ... 



Bijnar. 



Evening. 



Very slight, with hail in places. 



From tbi.s summary, taken in connexion witli the rather indefinite 

 ideas of time possessed by the native tahsildars on wliose statements 

 it is founded, it appears that there were at least three distinct storms 

 of the character of tornadoes over the Rohilkhand plain on the after- 

 noon and evening of the 30th April, not to mention the hailstorms which 

 occurred the same day at Naini Tal, Mussooree, and other places on the 

 hills. 



(1.) The Moradabad tornado, appears to have originated or been 

 first felt near the ground, in the vicinity of Hapur, the southern tahsil 

 of the Meerut district, between 4 and 5 p. m. Thence it proceeded 

 eastwards, gradually increasing in intensity, passing to the south 

 of Amroha and striking Moradabad with full force about 15 minutes 

 past 6. It then crossed the Rampur State, reaching Baheri and 

 Nawabganj in Bareilly about 8 p. m. and being still of destructive 

 violence. Afterwards it passed eastwards across the Pilibhit district 

 to the border of Khei'i, which it probably reached between 9 and 10 p. m., 

 the violence of the storm at the same time gradually abating. Its 

 course, shown on both the charts for the 30th April, was about 150 miles 

 in length and the time occupied in traversing it about 5 hours. The 

 velocity of translation was thus something like 30 miles per hour. Re- 

 garding the time of passage of the central most violent region over any 

 given point no exact data are obtainable. The Collector of Moradabad 

 estimates it at 15 or 20 minutes, btifc says, " It is of course not easy to 

 determine the e^iact point of time when the storm stopped." The 

 breadth of the strip of country over which the trees were blown down 



