After School Activities Canceled For JeffCo Schools

JEFFERSON COUNTY — The threat of severe weather in Jefferson County Tuesday has prompted Jefferson County Schools to cancel all after school activities for the day. A tornado watch was issued Tuesday morning for 34 counties in Alabama, including Jefferson.

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"We are continuing to monitor the weather," the school system announced in a release Tuesday. "Further updates will be provided if they are needed."

The tornado watch is in effect until 4 p.m., and the last of three series of storms in the area is expected to bring heavy rain, high winds, hail and possible tornadoes to the Birmingham metro.

"They will have potential to bring damaging straight-line winds and a few isolated tornadoes," meteorologist James Spann said. "Some hail is possible as well. The SPC probabilistic outlook shows most of Alabama will have a 30-45 percent chance of damaging winds within 25 miles of a given point."

The Storm Prediction Center forecasts three rounds of storms Tuesday:

• The first will affect the far northern tier of counties — Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison and Jackson counties — until 11 a.m.
• The second round will come between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., which will affect mainly the northern half of Alabama.
• The third and most severe storms will come statewide Tuesday afternoon and evening, between 3 p.m. until 10 p.m.