Cooperative Economic Insect Report, Vol. 18

Download or read book Cooperative Economic Insect Report, Vol. 18 written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cooperative Economic Insect Report, Vol. 18: May 17, 1968 Missouri. Cooler-than-normal weather covered most of the Nation. Precipitation: A storm swinging out of the Rockies early in the week dumped snow in the Rockies and adjacent northern Great Plains. By Tuesday morning, 3 inches of snow accumulated at Sidney, Nebraska, 2 inches at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and 1 inch at Casper, Wyoming. On Friday and Saturday, up to 5 or 6 inches of snow fell in spots in the Dakotas and parts of Minnesota. A storm front became quasi-stationary over Texas causing tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, heavy hail, strong gusty winds, and torrential rains. The violent weather persisted in Texas throughout the week and spread to neighboring States during the week. Heavy showers occurred almost every day in central and eastern Texas. Downpours of up to 13 inches in 12 hours sent south Texas rivers flooding. Six inches of rain fell at Papalote in 1 hour and almost 10 inches fell at Corsicana in 12 hours. Winnfield, Louisiana, received inches on Friday. Winds gusted to 86 m.p.h. At Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and exceeded 70 m.p.h. At Goodland, Kansas. Clouds of blowing dust reduced the visibility to near zero. Large hail fell in the San Angelo, Texas, area. Tornadoes and thunderstorms occurred over almost the entire State of Texas from the Panhandle to the coast. The heavy rains missed only the trans-pecos and the lower Rio Grande Valley. By Monday, May 13, the severe weather - tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, strong winds, and heavy showers were still occurring over northern Texas, in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Arkansas. Heavy showers, mostly on Tuesday and Wednesday, left 2 to 8 - inch totals in southern Florida and weekend showers in central and northern Florida produced up to inch in some areas and more than inch in a few. The light to moderate rains improved soil moisture and benefited crops; the moderate to heavy rains delayed fieldwork; the torrential rains washed out growing crops and flooded fields and roads. The southwestern deserts were rainless and most of the intermountain areas received only light amounts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.