South Alabama buried under historic snow: What we know about the winter weather today
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,
Arena roof collapses amid historic snowfall along Alabama Gulf Coast
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.
Roof of Mobile Civic Center in Alabama caves in under snow’s weight
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.
Mobile breaks 130-year-old all-time snow record as winter storm sweeps Alabama
The National Weather Service in Mobile said that as of 6:10 p.m. 7.5 inches of snow had fallen at its office in west Mobile. That breaks the old all-time record of 6 inches from 1895. That’s not the only record that was broken on Tuesday.
Roof of the Civic Center collapses
What was left of the Mobile Civic Center collapsed Wednesday morning due to the weight of the snow that fell Tuesday, officials said. Read the full story: <a href="
Mobile Civic Center Arena roof collapses
The domed roof of the Mobile Civic Center -- a building the city is in the process of demolishing -- collapsed Wednesday morning.
11 inches of snow in south Alabama? See statewide snowfall totals from historic winter storm
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.
Record-level snow hits south Alabama
All-time record snowfall blanketed the Mobile area on Tuesday. Footage from Noah Scheeler shows the campus of the University ...
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