The storm led to scores of semi-trucks and other vehicles slipping off parts of Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90 near Crestview. On the afternoon of Jan. 23, snowplows and road graders were being used by Florida Department of Transportation workers to remove ice and snow on I-10 to restore traffic. Schools in Okaloosa County were closed until Jan. 27.
According to the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama, Enzo dumped 9 inches of snow on Crestview and 10 inches on Jay and Milton. Elsewhere, it dropped 8 1/2 inches on Baker, 7 1/2 inches on Fort Walton Beach, 8 inches on Navarre, and 2.8 inches on Destin.
Nearly all those totals topped the state’s previous record snowfall from March 6, 1954, when 4 inches fell near Milton.
Crestview’s last snowfall before Enzo occurred on Dec. 8 and 9, 2017, when about a half inch of snow fell.
This past Sunday, light to moderate snow fell on parts of the Florida Panhandle. Two inches of snow were recorded in Laurel Hill.