The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15
RESUME OF THE STORM
As Published in a Bulletiu or the
WeatherRurcau-

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1.-THE follow
ing special weather bulletin was issued
by the weather bureau this morning: The
great Atlantic coast storm has passed on
to the Nova Scotia coast with rapid veloc-
ity and almost unprecedented development
At Woodruff, Mass, on Monday night at
s p. m, the barometer read 2S-S5 inches'
fall of l inch in twelve hours: at Nan
tucket at midnight the reading was %0s
inches and this morning at Halifax Ss2
inches. Owing TO the extent and extreme
destructiveness, this storm will always be
remembered as the greatest storm IN the
history of the Atlantic coast states, and
was most remarkable for the perfect COM
bination of the conditions necessary to pro-
duce such results. An abnormally hign
barometric area, accompanied by severe
cold, wave, was moving southeastward to
the Gul Estates and disturbance was de-
veloping on its southeastern edge. The
result was inevitable, and as rapidly as
possible widespread warnings were distrib-
uted on Saturday in the west Gulf states
Of impending severe freezing weather. Sat
urday night the warnings were extended
to Florida, but both were further supple
mented on Sunday morning by additional
and more positive warnings. Norther
warnings were also sent on Monday TO Ha-
vana and the Bahamas. While the i'm
mense loss of property. isto-b e greatly de-
plored, ii is gratifying TO learn that as
much as possible was saved by the timeh-
ness Of the warnings. Nearly all tempera-
ture records were broken in the Gulf
states and also the southern states. The
temperature at New Orleans reached be-
low, degrees lower than any previous
records; at Vicksburg l degree below zero,
4 degrees below the record. At Jackson
vile 10 degrees, or degrees below the
record, with heavy snow and sleet, and at
Jupiter a minimum of Is degrees was
reached this morning.
Information as TO the extent Of the
damage caused by this cold wave will ap-
pear in other publications of the weather
bureau. AS the storm moved northward
from Florida the character of the destruc-
tive element changed. While the cold con-
tinued, the snowfall became the predomi-
mating, and, as it afterward proved very
serious factor in the situation Snow was
general from Florida northward and was
heavy as far south as South Carolina
From Virginia northward the amount
ranged from 10 to SO inches, but was not
well distributed. The greatest fall was 81
inches, reported from Northern Virginia
At Washington the fall was p inches, or
a total Of So inches during the past eight
days, by far the greatest fall for at least
sixty-five years. as shown by the records
On Sunday morning it became evident that
heavy snow would fall in the Atlantic and
New England states. and warnings to this
effect were at once issued.
THE northward movement of the storm
also necessitsted the hoisting Of storm
signals along the entire Atlantic coast by
3 p. m. Sunday. BY Monday morning il
became apparent that the storm would
prove one Of severity on account Of high
winds and drifting snow. and hurricane
warnings were thereupon ordered along
the entire coast from Delaware Break
water to Eastport. The hoisting of this
extreme danger signal was fully justified
by the result as winds of as high as
seventy-two miles per hour were reported.
with binding snow.
Clearing weather has rapidly followed
the storm and this morning it is cold and
clear in the Atlantic region. except New
England and eastern New York, where the
clouds still remain. An areak low pres
sure is approaching from the west and
under its influence the temperatures will
be generally rising after Wednesday morn
ing east of the Alleghenies. They are ris-
ing today in the central valleys and entire
west. n. z. WILLIAMS.
"Acting Chief Z. S. Weather Bureau"