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,
Alabama continued to deal with snow on the ground on Thursday, two days after a historic Gulf Coast snowstorm. About 3 inches of snow was left on the ground Thursday morning at the National Weather Service office in Mobile. That’s nothing compared with the 7.5 inches the office had at the peak of the storm on Tuesday.
MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA /Gray News) - An arena roof collapsed during a historic snowfall along the Alabama coast. Just after 11 a.m. Wednesday, the domed roof of the Mobile Civic Center collapsed. The city is in the process of demolishing the arena. A witness said he “heard and felt the ground shake” around the time the roof collapsed.
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.
Seventeen Alabama counties remain under a state of emergency because of Tuesday’s historic winter storm across south Alabama, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency said. Gov. Kay Ivey’s emergency order,
The roof of the Mobile Civic Center in Alabama collapsed due to record snowfall. The 60-year-old building, used as an arena, exposition hall and theater, closed in August. On Wednesday, nature got involved in the demolition process by caving the roof in under the weight of 7.
All-time record snowfall blanketed the Mobile area on Tuesday. Footage from Noah Scheeler shows the campus of the University of South Alabama draped in a thick winter coat, as snow continued to fall in the region.
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It’s a record-setting day for snow in Mobile. The National Weather Service in Mobile reported that the city had officially measured 5.75 inches of snow as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, which breaks the one-day record for snow in the city, which 5 inches on Jan. 24, 1881.