North Florida residents from Pensacola to Jacksonville are bracing for what is expected to be a historic, once-in-a-lifetime winter storm.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida panhandle is right in the path of a wintry weather storm. Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency as the frigid temperatures took over.

Rain is expected from Ocala to the south even on Wednesday ... low 20s across the I-10 corridor from Pensacola through Tallahassee. Meanwhile, Jacksonville and the surrounding areas across north Florida will stay with temperatures around the freezing ...

Portions of the Sunshine State are expected to see temperatures dip to the low 20s overnight on Friday and into Saturday morning.

I prepped for Tallahassee’s impending winter storm with the leisurely pace and skepticism of a South Florida native who had made it to 27 years old without ever seeing real snow.

Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Florida State University (FSU) will cancel classes and suspend normal operations on Tuesday, Jan. 21, and Wednesday, Jan. 22, due to expected wintry precipitation and ice,

The Florida Highway Patrol shot and killed a man at an Ocala hospital during an altercation with law enforcement, according to Ocala police.

“North winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet,” the NWS marine forecast from Fernandina Beach south to St. Augustine said. “Intracoastal waters very rough. Showers. Freezing rain after midnight.”

A historic winter storm that prompted rare Winter Storm Warnings across North Florida and the Panhandle ... Panhandle areas could be even higher. Tallahassee recorded 1.9 inches of frozen ...

A cold and raw wind-driven rain will impact most of the region, with Marion, Alachua, and northern Flagler counties seeing icy conditions overnight into Wednesday morning.

Florida's winter storm blanketed Tallahassee in snow and sleet Wednesday morning and residents made the most of it. Tallahassee’s all-time snowfall record of 2.8 inches was set in 1958 and it remains to be seen if it's been shattered by the storm.

The Florida panhandle is right in the path of a wintry weather storm. Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency as the frigid temperatures took over.