Washington County News | 1939-02-09 | Page 1 | [Illegible] Ends Today [Illegible] Nine [Illegible] Snow Fall

E form Ends Today fter Nine ;ich Snow Fall . Seven Inches Lay On Ground Friday Morning; I; -Snow Very Wet. Soon Melts ar skys and a bright sun Dixie this morning nursday) after nearly a week Yfjl! intermitant snow storms with "-little rain thrown in for good !asure. The storm started on t Friday afternoon and Satur- y morning Dixie residents had Jj-' j get out their shovels and ,an off the walks. Approximately Approxi-mately seven inches of snow lay the ground. J since the first snow of this i :wi, the skies cleared some on Jnday and by Monday night ;t st of the snow was gone, but J !?re were flurries of snow on I esday and Wednesday it snowed ' j' good part of the day with a ; d storm, occuring in the after- on. Wednesday night was cold ; i clear with the sky clearing 3Ut 10 p.m. Present indications "? that the storm is over and xie will soon be back to normal '"jHather which at this time of ' k year is the beginning of Ting. .The storm was a "freak" going to California with snow as far juth as Palm Springs and other aces that seldom see snow, r iven inches of snow was report- at Boulder City and that ction. "iLast Thursday night was the eldest with the thermometer ping down to 17 above. Arthur wcett, official weather observer, j ports that .81 of an inch of (oisture has fallen so far this -rfonth and the last storm was (Continued on page four) Snow Storm (Continued from first page) .31. The official record shows that nine inches of snow fell during dur-ing the storm, so much of the snow was so wet and the weather so warm that the snow melted as fast as it hit the gj-gund. - "'