A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.

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.

Florida, and 8.9 inches in Pensacola, the weather service office in Mobile, Alabama said Wednesday. Interstate 10 closed all the way to Tallahassee Per Florida Department of Transportation, Interstate 10 from the Alabama state line to Tallahassee is closed.

Snowing on the beach in Florida? See a photo gallery of the unprecedented amount of snow that fell on northern Florida on Tuesday.

"Not your typical beach day! Our lifeguard tower is trading sunshine for snowflakes. Stay warm, everyone!" Tybee Island Ocean Rescue posted on social media.

including the Mobile metro area. Moderate to heavy snow across coastal Alabama should taper off to flurries between 4-6 p.m., but continue across the western Florida Panhandle until between 6-8 p.m. This will include the Pensacola metro area over to Destin.

Florida just saw the most snow on record, with a preliminary 8.8 inches observed in Milton, which is north of Pensacola.

The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."

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A rare winter storm pummeled the South on Tuesday, smashing snow records from Texas to Florida and leaving ... to respond at risk." In Alabama, 7.5 inches fell in Mobile, where such accumulations ...

Pace, Florida, had 1.2 inches of snow on Jan. 16-17, 2018 The National Weather Service Mobile/Pensacola office reported ... in the same winter in Mobile, Alabama, which saw an inch of snow.

The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.