Frozen temperatures created an icy mess overnight in Northwest Florida, but as the sun rose Thursday some roads and bridges began to reopen.
Following snow, sleet and ice that arrived in the Big Bend and South Georgia Tuesday due to a winter storm, a large stretch of a major highway shut down Wednesday evening.
Interstate 10 from the Alabama/Florida state line almost to Tallahassee has been closed since Wednesday evening. Conditions have now improved.
Interstate 10 continues to be closed in both directions from the Alabama, Florida state line to Exit 192 in Gadsden County.
A portion of I-10 eastbound reopened to traffic from the Alabama/Florida State Line toMile Marker 70.This means that I-10 is now reopen
Forecasters said it was too early to tell whether the ice and snow would approach or beat Tallahassee’s all-time snowfall record of 2.8 inches set in 1958.
Parts of Interstate 10 are reopening Thursday.I-10 was closed between the Florida-Alabama state line and Gadsden County outside Tallahassee.Tha
Severe Weather Chaser 9 found the streets of Tallahassee eerily quiet and still covered in snow early Wednesday morning.
A 200-mile stretch of interstate-10 through the Panhandle that was closed for most of the day has completely reopened. The Department of Transportation reopened the last section from Jackson County to Tallahassee at 7:00 p.
UPDATE: The stretch of U.S. 90 from Galliver Cut Off to Summertime Dr is no longer listed as closed at the FDOT's FL511 site. Although temperatures are creeping up and the snow and ice are melting, icy conditions are still forcing some road closures in the Panhandle.
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.
North Florida residents from Pensacola to Jacksonville are bracing for what is expected to be a historic, once-in-a-lifetime winter storm.