Santa Rosa County outages climbed slightly to 2,356. FPL working to restore power to 2,000+ customers in Santa Rosa Approximately 2,280 Florida Power & Light customers were without power as of approximately 6:30 p.
The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."
"Not your typical beach day! Our lifeguard tower is trading sunshine for snowflakes. Stay warm, everyone!" Tybee Island Ocean Rescue posted on social media.
A ticket sold in Pensacola matched five numbers in the evening drawing Wednesday, Jan. 22, to win the $111,892.95 jackpot, according to the Florida Lottery. The lucky player purchased the winning ticket at the Palafox Quick Stop convenience store, beating odds of 1 in 376,992 to take the top prize, officials said.
A reading east of Robertsdale of 10 inches of snow this week surpasses the total snowfall amounts recorded, thus far this winter, in Minneapolis and Chicago.
The Pensacola area is forecast to receive between 4 to 6 inches of snow, but the National Weather Service says areas south of I-10 could see more.
A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.
Snow records are falling right and left this week. But, it looks Mobile takes the cake so far. The six and a half inches that fell by mid day Tuesday topped the six inches of snow Alabama’s Port City saw in 1881.
The winter storm moving through the southern regions of Texas, Louisiana and Alabama has brought snow to the Sunshine State. Snow began to fall near Pensacola Tuesday afternoon. This video was caught on an Interstate 10 traffic camera in the Florida Panhandle. Snow has arrived in Florida! Check out this video from I-10 near Pensacola.
Effective immediately, "all roads and bridges in Santa Rosa County should be considered IMPASSABLE until further notice," Santa Rosa County officials just posted. Members of the general public are advised that when roads and bridges become impassable, all travel should be suspended or delayed.
In Mobile, Alabama, there were 7.5 inches of snow. The Weather Channel said this is a “New all-time 1—and 2-day snow record.” According to The Weather Channel, other cities that broke records were “Milton, Florida, with 8.8 inches, New Orleans, Louisiana, with 9 inches, and Pensacola, Florida, with 7.6 inches.”
If confirmed, Florida had its highest snowfall total since 1954. As many as 15,000 Duke Energy customers lost power at one point.