Severe weather threat closes area schools

BAY MINETTE, Ala.— Continued severe weather possibilities across the Gulf Coast have prompted schools to dismiss students early in Baldwin and Mobile counties Tuesday afternoon. Both counties' public schools will dismiss at 12:30 p.m., with student pickup and bus routes moving to that same time frame.

The Baldwin closings will extend to all activities, including athletics and extracurricular activities, after-school programs and the previously scheduled community meeting in Foley which will be rescheduled at a time to be determined.

The Baldwin central school district office will close at 2:00 p.m.