A historic winter storm in south Alabama on Tuesday broke Mobile’s 130-year-old snowfall record and brought a rarely seen covering of snow to the beaches of Gulf Shores. But while it gave folks in Mobile an exceedingly uncommon opportunity to build snowmen, it also caused more than a few problems around the state.

All-time record snowfall blanketed the Mobile area on Tuesday. Footage from Noah Scheeler shows the campus of the University of South Alabama draped in a thick winter coat, as snow continued to fall in the region.

Here's a snow map for the history books. The Jan. 21-22, 2025 Gulf Coast blizzard produced 8 inches of snow or more in six states: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. There was a storm maximum of around a foot near New Orleans. pic.twitter.com/s91yvXewiP

Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts as a rare winter storm amid bone-chilling temperatures brings potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh,

A winter storm closed schools, slowed traffic and gave parts of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and North and South Carolina, something residents rarely get to experience: Snow. The storm brought freezing rain and sleet to some areas, prompting officials to urge people to stay off the roads.

For the second time in two weeks snow is falling in Alabama, but on this occasion the weather event is targeted in the southern portion of the state. And, it’s bringing a rare snowfall to the sugar white beaches of Gulf Shores.

The state has seen two outbreaks of winter weather that impacted north and south Alabama with several inches of snow.