A rare and historic winter storm brought all modes of winter weather, including snow, sleet, and freezing rain to the North Florida I-10 corridor.
Primarily wet snow fell west of the Ochlockonee River Basin along the Florida Panhandle (including the immediate Gulf Coast and beaches!)
Preliminary snowfall totals of 3-5″ were reported to the National Weather Service, with the heaviest snowfall occurring along and west of US-231 where 5-7″ of snow was measured.
Not only were single-day and event snowfall records broken for many Florida Panhandle locations, but the state snowfall record was also broken with this system as 8-9” of snowfall was recorded in Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County).
This more than doubles the 4“ state record set in 1954! Along and east of the Capital City region, a mixture of snow and sleet fell through much of the event with wintry precipitation continuing through the Suwannee River Valley and into Northeast Florida.
Here are a few photos taken of Chipley, Florida by Photographer Tom Nebel, showing the effects of this historic snow.
