Alabama school district to dismiss early Tuesday, March 4 because of severe weather

With a variety of severe weather threats in store for Alabama on Tuesday, at least one school district has announced changes to their schedules.

Damaging winds, heavy rain and a couple of tornadoes may be in the cards for Alabama, according to the National Weather Service.

The timeframe is from Tuesday evening in the west through early Wednesday morning in the east.

Forecasters think Tuesday’s storms could reach Alabama’s western border between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday and quickly track eastward. Storms are expected to be the strongest over west Alabama.

Several severe storms will be possible.

The strongest of those could have wind gusts from 60 mph to even 70 mph, according to the weather service, which could take down trees and power lines.

A few tornadoes will also be possible along the line of storms. They will likely be those hard-to-warn-for quick-hitting spin-ups that are there and gone within a few minutes.

These school district have announced changes to their Tuesday schedules:

Scottsboro City Schools: 11:15 AM early dismissal Tuesday for elementary schools (Nelson, Caldwell, and Collins.) 12 p.m. early dismissal Tuesday for secondary schools (Scottsboro Junior High and Scottsboro High School.)

This story will be updated as more school districts announce changes.