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.

The state has seen two outbreaks of winter weather that impacted north and south Alabama with several inches of snow.

A historic winter storm in south Alabama on Tuesday broke Mobile’s 130-year-old snowfall record and brought a rarely seen covering of snow to the beaches of Gulf Shores. But while it gave folks in Mobile an exceedingly uncommon opportunity to build snowmen,

New Orleans' famous Bourbon Street was covered in snow during a rare winter storm that also impacted Southern states such as Florida and Texas.

The unusual amount of snow blanketing southern states has residents enjoying the anomaly in droves. See photos here.

A significant winter storm was in progress in south Alabama on Tuesday, and the National Weather Service said it’s possible some areas could get 8 inches of snow before it’s over. The weather service said this has the potential to be a “historic” winter storm for south Alabama and has increased possible snow totals for south Alabama,

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas, according to local and national weather watchers.