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 […]

Parts of the Gulf Coast measured a foot of snow on Tuesday. For many cities the totals obliterate long-standing snowfall records. Milton, Florida recorded 9 inches of snow which more than doubles

Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain are spreading east across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas, closing roads and schools and grounding flights.

Meteorologists were left speechless Tuesday as record amounts of snow fell along the Gulf Coast. Here’s why it was so snowy.

Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and even Florida are seeing snowfall as a powerful blast of Arctic air mixed with Gulf moisture works its way across the Southeast.