That forecast was later updated to 4-6 inches. An extreme cold warning is also in effect for the area. PPD asked to close north end of 3 Mile Bridge Roads have deteriorated in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and it appears the Gen.

Baton Rouge is under an extreme cold warning until 10 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The high today is expected to be 31 degrees, with a low of 16 degrees

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.

Tuesday's winter storm warning has expanded to Northeast Florida due to several hours of mixed precipitation and ice accumulations. More to come.

Snow started falling on Monday across the Lone Star State because it wasn’t until Tuesday that records across the Gulf Coast were smashed. New Orleans officially recorded 8" of snow with plenty of reports of 8-12" around the Big Easy.

A dangerous winter storm sweeping across the South is dumping heavy snow across Houston and other major metropolitan areas along the Interstate 10 corridor.

As winter storm predictions grow ever more alarming, Jacksonville residents prepare to hunker down for unprecedented weather event.

North Florida residents from Pensacola to Jacksonville are bracing for what is expected to be a historic, once-in-a-lifetime winter storm.

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.

The National Weather Service in Mobile said that as of 6:10 p.m. 7.5 inches of snow had fallen at its office in west Mobile. That breaks the old all-time record of 6 inches from 1895. That’s not the only record that was broken on Tuesday.

The public needs to understand that almost every road in the counties and cities is affected now,” Harrison County Emergency Manager Matt Stratton said Tuesday. “People need to go to a safe location.”