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Show FOR THE NEXT TWENTYFOUR HOURS The Weather Clerk Apportions the Range of the Storm Area. ' Washington, Feb. 20. The storm that appeared Sunday on tho Pacific coast has since crossed the continent and is now disappearing at tho mouth of the St. Lawrence. This storm was a Severn one, causing severe washouts on the Pacific slope and some heavy rains in tlio Atlantic states. The gales attending at-tending the storm have been severe and will prevail today in the Atlantic aud gulf states to the southwest, of tho storm vortex. Tbe tongue of low pressure extends over overlying Atlantic coast stales to Georgia. The area of high barometer follows these storm conditions, attended with a cold wave which will reach the Atlantic and gulf coast today, witli cold but generally clearing weather. Local snows are reported in the lower lakes of the Ohio valley, south to Vicksburg. Light .Hurries of snow may occur, with a cold wave in tho interior. in-terior. In the southern states and North Carolina cold and fair weather will generally prevail in most districts Friday and Saturday. |