Weather Decision Made For Tuesday Classes: Anne Arundel County Schools

ANNAPOLIS, MD — With the forecast calling for heavy rain and wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour on Tuesday, Anne Arundel County Public Schools plans to dismiss classes two hours early.

Monday afternoon, the school district said deteriorating weather and road conditions mean all Anne Arundel County Public Schools will close two hours early on Jan. 9. There will be no afternoon half-day ECI classes, and no afternoon sessions at the Centers of Applied Technology North or South.

Additionally, all afterschool activities on Tuesday — including the school board budget hearing and all-county band tryouts — are canceled. New dates for those events will be announced later.

School officials will evaluate conditions regarding Wednesday's operation of schools during the day Tuesday, said Bob Mosier, chief communications officer for the district.

A strong winter storm will blow into the state on Tuesday and dump more than 3 inches of rain on parts of Maryland, much of the rain falling in a six-hour period in the early evening. The downpours Tuesday evening will be blinding, with the potential for flash flooding, according to forecasts.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for parts of Maryland from 1 p.m. on Tuesday through 7 a.m. on Wednesday. A coastal flood watch will be in effect through late Tuesday night. Residents should expect 2 to 3 feet of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas in southern Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties due to tidal flooding, the NWS said.

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