Tuesday and Wednesday delivered a winter wonderland for some and delayed travel plans for others as an unusual layer of snow and ice coated North Florida. Preliminary storm data from the National Weather Service show as much as six inches of snow in Bonifay in Holmes County and in Fountain and Cedar Grove in Bay
For the first time in seven years, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for Florida. Here's what that means for Jacksonville.
Royals (6-11, 0-6 ASUN) at North Florida Ospreys (4-15, 0-6 ASUN) Jacksonville, Florida; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jasmynne Gibson and North Florida host Jordyn Weaver and Queens (NC) in ASUN play Thursday.
Snow fell in Houston and prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border. Snow covered the white-sand beaches of normally sunny vacation spots, including Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola Beach.
There were 18,000 Florida homes without power as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the Governor’s Office. Some 20,000 have already been restored after losing power across the state during the storm. “Extreme Cold Warnings” remain in effect for most of the Panhandle through Thursday morning.
Schools intend to reopen Thursday but were worried about travel conditions Wednesday under the threat of ice and snow.
Storm Warning is in effect for the entire Interstate 10 corridor where snow and ice accumulations could reach 4" over the next 24 hours. Pensacola will likely see the most snowfall in the state while greater amounts of ice are anticipated for cities such as Tallahassee and Jacksonville.
Florida snowfall records shattered this week, with Pensacola receiving 8.9 inches, per the National Weather Service, easily topping the four inches that fell in 1954. As North Florida defrosts, schools,
West Virginia announced the signing of Arkansas offensive line transfer Ty'Kieast Crawford on Thursday. Before landing at Arkansas, Crawford made the interesting decision coming out of high school to play for the Charlotte 49ers over offers from Arkansas,
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan doesn't instill much confidence with fans that he will make the right move on a new head coach, GM.
The drop in Florida’s new unemployment claims echoed the national trend. There were 284,222 filings across the country for the week ending Jan. 18. That’s a sizable decrease of 68,135 from the week ending Jan. 11, or a 19.3% drop.