Felecia Bowser with the National Weather Service Tallahassee said it is rare for the region to get this type of winter weather, and preparation for wintry weather looks much different than preparing for a hurricane.

A First Alert Weather Day has been declared for Tuesday and into Wednesday morning as a rare Winter Storm Warning has been issued beginning Tuesday afternoon across much of our area.

As the Wiregrass area is bracing for a historic winter weather event this week, the National Weather Service in Tallahassee has now issued a Winter Storm Warning for all counties in our coverage area beginning Tuesday afternoon.