Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-14
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WEATHER BUREAUS REPORT
OBSERVATIONS SHOWING Elk
TENT OF THE GREATEST
STORM ON RECORD
tBy Telegraph to Virginia .Pnot)

(By Telegraph to Virginia -Pilot.)
Washington. February IS - The
weather department tonight issued the
following statement:
Since Sunday night the Atlantic
coast storm has moved from Florida to
the Massachusetts coast, with veloc>
ity and increased intensity. such 40
has been seldom equalled in the his
tory of the Weather Bureau.
Remarkably heavy snow has accom-
panied this storm. and still continues
at o'clock p. m. from Virginia north
ward. Accompanying the snow there
were northerly winds of hurricane te.
locities, and hurricane warnings were
issued at noon on the Atlantic coas,
from Delaware Rreakwater to East
port.
So severe has been this storm that
there has been an almost total paraly-
sis of all classes OF business in the Md,
ole Atlantic states. In the vicinity OF
" ashinSton this storm has greatly ex-
ceeded all previous records.
About twenty inches OF snow has
fallen since Saturday afternoon and 81
inches during the past eight days.
VI equal interest with this storm has
been the record breaking low tempera-
ture OF the South. At New Orleans this
morning the temperature was six de-
Srees above zero, nine degrees lower
than any previous record. while at
Jacksonville Ii was ten degrees above
zero. or four degrees lower than any
previous record. The observer at
Jacksonville reports heavy snow and
sleet during Sunday night and that
great damage has been done to the
crops.
The line Of freezing temperature In
FLORIDA extended through the upper two
o an OF the state. with n minimum OF
20 degrees "a Tampa At Key West
tonight the temperature is only 4s de-
Grees, Is degrees below the normal.
warnings of this destructive freeze
were Issued during Saturday and Sun
day. and supplemented for Florida this
morning.
Snow continued all day Sunday and
up to IL O'clock Sunday night. The
thermometer at 2 o'clock Sunday morn
ing marked 10 degrees. This tempera-
ture did not vary during the morning
l, ~ decreased toward night reaching the
lowest sunday night. when the mercury
stood at degrees above zero. The
lowest previous record at this season
was degrees above on February IA.
1895. Although the sun shone for a part
OF to-day. there was no thaw. The
snow is i've feet deep In the drifts. BUS
mess Is practically suspended. SUNDAY
and to-day the trains on the Southern.
and Seaboard have been from two to
seven hours late. Tonight the trains
on both roads are annulled. There is
| -FOUR inches of Ice on the ponds.
Warnings OF the norther and much
colder weather were issued this morn
| Ing for Habana and the Bahamas. the
| morning.
The line Of zero temneratHres this
Louisiana, southern Mississippi. Ala
bnma and central Georgia, but during
the day there has been q steady r,Iae
IN the southwest and tonight the tenn
perature range from 20 degrees to so
degrees Throughout the central val
leys. the lake regions and the west the
temperatures have risen from 10 degrees
10 IL degrees. and are above the freez-
ing point in the slope region.
Generally fair weather has also con-
tinued In these districts.
INDICATIONS.
Clearing weather Is indicated during
tuesday morning in the Middle Allan
tic States and New England. except on
the New England coast, where the
snow VIII likely continue during the
DAY. Fair weather is indicated for the
remaining districts. except the upper
Mississippi Valley. where light SHOWS
are likely
Rising temperatures are indicated
generally from the Mississippi to the
Alieghanies. and also in the Gulf and
South Atlantic States.
In the Middle Atlantic and New Eng
land States cold weather will continue
for another day.
Dangerously high northwestly winds
VIII prevail during Tuesday in New
England and the upper portion of the
Middle Atlantic States; high north
westerly winds on the North Carolina
and Virginia coast, slowly diminishing
during the day. and brisk west to south
winds on the coast
Hurricane signals are displayed on
the Atlantic coast from Delaware
Breakwater to PASSPORT and storm
northwest signals from Baltimore to
Wilmington.