"The roads could become hazardous beginning this afternoon. There’s going to be ice, there’s going to be snow..."

The political travel continued that week for DeSantis, though he did come to the state to sign the Heartbeat Protection Act banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy late at night. He went to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he talked to Liberty University students, and to Manchester, New Hampshire.

Facing a forecast of two to four inches of snow and freezing rain in North Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis discouraged unnecessary travel Tuesday. A winter storm warning expands across all of North Florida and could creep into Central Florida.