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By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor

ALABASTER – Alabaster City Schools will be closed on Monday, March 31 due to the oncoming threat of severe weather impacting Shelby County.

Alabaster City Schools announced the closure on the afternoon of Sunday, March 30, citing an elevated risk of severe weather as forecasted by the National Weather Service.

According to the National Weather Service at Birmingham, which is located in Calera, there is a risk for severe thunderstorms across Central Alabama late Sunday night through Monday afternoon from approximately 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. Threats may include tornadoes, damaging winds of up to 70 mph and large hail up to the size of a golf ball.

NWS encourages residents to have a reliable way to access weather warnings and to have a safe place designated in their homes in the event a storm affects their area and to continue to check for updates.