Jacksonville International Airport is on track to reopen at noon today after last night's winter storm of snow and ice. The airport closed because it "does not have the ability to remove accumulated snow and ice on the runways.
For the first time in more than a third of a century, Jacksonville International Airport recorded measurable snow on Wednesday.
As the forecasts of a snowy Capital city move back and forth, the Tallahassee International Airport has canceled all commercial flights.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. due to the incoming winter storm, the airport announced in a post on X Tuesday afternoon. The airport said it will close following its last departure, which will be "at approximately 8 p.m." Tuesday.
Folks in northern Florida awoke to a winter wonderland Wednesday morning, after a rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
The winter storm that moved through Florida on Tuesday into Wednesday is one for the record books, smashing the previous all-time high for snowfall in the Sunshine State.
Just how much snow & freezing rain fell in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia? A look inside the numbers from the Jacksonville-area winter storm.
Airports across north Florida announced closures due to the winter weather that is bringing hazardous conditions.
The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5 to 12 inches through Tuesday evening. Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Snow in the Sunshine State doesn't happen very often. But it did. And here are the photos from Pensacola to Yulee to prove it.
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.
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