BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Going into Tuesday, a very rare and disruptive snowstorm is forecast to sweep across the Southeast in many places that don’t traditionally see snow, such as the Gulf Coast. Winter storm warnings are lined up from Houston to the Carolinas for the potential of a widespread swath of 3-5 inches of […]

Forecasting winter weather in the southern region can be tricky at times.  However, the recent rare winter storm in the Deep South brought a winter wonderland to areas where it is typically unheard of to get snow.

Snow was falling in New Orleans, where as much as 8 inches were expected to accumulate by the end of the day, threatening to tie a record set in 1895.

Areas throughout Alabama experience heavy snow amid an record-breaking historic winter storm spread across in the Southern U.S.