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, it also caused more than a few problems around the state.

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.

An impassable travel advisory has been issued for Mobile County, urging drivers to stay off the roadways as of approximately 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday County officials put out a notice that the general public should delay or suspend travel and only emergency vehicles should be on the roads at this time.

Meteorologists were left speechless Tuesday as record amounts of snow fell along the Gulf Coast. Here’s why it was so snowy.

The unusual amount of snow blanketing southern states has residents enjoying the anomaly in droves. See photos here.

The first ever blizzard warning has been issued for parts of the Texas and Louisiana coast as a historic snowstorm hits the South.