The National Weather Service had warned about a “significant” and “historic” snowstorm for south Alabama on Tuesday, and forecasters were right. Parts of south Alabama got record-setting amounts of snow on Tuesday. Mobile got 7.5 inches on Tuesday, which shattered its all-time record for snow, which had stood since 1895.

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.

In Mobile, Alabama, there were 7.5 inches of snow. The Weather Channel said this is a “New all-time 1—and 2-day snow record.” According to The Weather Channel, other cities that broke records were “Milton, Florida, with 8.8 inches, New Orleans, Louisiana, with 9 inches, and Pensacola, Florida, with 7.6 inches.”

Coastal Alabama and the Florida Panhandle enjoyed a rare southern snowstorm Tuesday that delighted children with snow angels and powdery play in a scene felt plucked from a Hallmark Christmas movie. But the joy of tramping through fresh snow quickly gave way Wednesday to the icy realization that roads remain impassable,

Alabama is preparing for a significant winter storm set to impact the southern U.S. from Southeast Texas to eastern North Carolina, with snow

Dangerous Cold. We call days "Impact Days" when the weather will cause a change to your normal routine, and this kind of cold will definitely do that for us through Wednesday morn

A historic snowfall in south Alabama had many residents capturing the moment in quirky and amusing videos that have social media chirping. One such video pertains to a Mobile saxophonist playing his instrument in the snow with no shirt on under his puffer jacket.

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.