A winter storm for the ages brought a rare snow day to Tallahassee, shutting down the city and giving people a chance to throw snowballs and sled down a hill.

With roads still coated in up to 2 inches of sleet in Tallahassee, emergency officials are urging people not to drive unless absolutely necessary.

I prepped for Tallahassee’s impending winter storm with the leisurely pace and skepticism of a South Florida native who had made it to 27 years old without ever seeing real snow.

Forecasters said it was too early to tell whether the ice and snow would approach or beat Tallahassee’s all-time snowfall record of 2.8 inches set in 1958.

FOX 35 Storm Team Meteorologist TJ Springer joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer on Florida Live to show the melting snow in Tallahassee and what the area looks like the morning after record-setting snowfall in Florida.