Snow continues to accumulate in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast as a major winter storm continues to slam the Southeast. FOX 8 New Orleans Reporter Maddie Kerth is in LaPlace where I-10 is shutdown through Wednesday because Louisiana does not normally see this winter weather.
NEW ORLEANS – A major winter storm brought blizzard conditions to Louisiana on Tuesday, turning New Orleans into a snow town. The storm blanketed palm trees in fresh flakes and halted the normally bustling Big Easy.
The powerful and deadly winter storm swept across the South on Tuesday, dumping heavy snow across areas that rarely see flakes or bitterly cold conditions. The storm prompted the National Weather Service to issue the first-ever Blizzard Warning for southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas.
A time-lapse video shows the first snowflakes falling in New Orleans on Jan. 21, 2025 during a potentially historic winter storm.
As the winter storm arrived, FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell captured the time-lapse above of the first flakes falling in New Orleans.
By morning, a layer of powder covered Canal Street and the Central Business District, turning New Orleans into a snow panorama.
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Louisiana Department of Transportation crews were attempting to keep up with the rare snowstorm unfolding across the Bayou State. However, officials asked people to stay home and off the roads entirely.
The scene along Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on Tuesday was surreal. Palm trees swayed in the wind amid falling snow and near-blizzard conditions, with wind gusts exceeding 45 mph.
Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans is currently experiencing an extraordinary and surreal scene. Palm trees are dramatically swaying in the wind amidst falling snow. Near-blizzard conditions have been reported at New Orleans Lakefront Airport for the past few hours, with wind gusts exceeding 45 mph. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect through Tuesday evening.
The National Weather Service in New Orleans reported up to 2 inches of snow in western Louisiana by mid-morning.
FOX Weather’s Mike Seidel recorded 1.5 inches of snow in Baton Rouge by 9 a.m.
Transportation crews are struggling to keep up with the blizzard and near-blizzard conditions across Louisiana. FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel reports from Baton Rouge where snow is falling at about 1 inch per hour.
Parts of Interstate 10 remain closed due to the snowstorm. Louisiana DOT cameras showed snow blanketing the major interstate near New Orleans.
Snow on I-10 around 5:30 a.m. in New Orleans on Jan. 21, 2025.
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for New Orleans through Tuesday evening. Between 3 and 7 inches of snow is forecast through Wednesday.