Alachua County under tornado alert, rest of northeastern Florida and southeastern Georgia under surveillance

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. – A tornado alert was issued for Alachua and High Springs County by 3:15 pm due to a tornado indicated on the radar. Chief meteorologist John Gaughan, who is tracking him to Channel 4, said he didn’t look very strong.

This occurs while a Tornado Watch continues in southeastern Georgia and northeastern Georgia until 6pm. This includes Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Union in Florida and Nassau counties along with Camden, Glynn, Charlton, Brantley, Ware, Clinch and Echols counties in Georgia.

The line of instability over portions of western Georgia will continue to follow the east-northeast direction during the early afternoon. Our hot and unstable atmosphere will allow these storms to intensify in the coming hours.

Those across southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida have the potential to see severe to severe storms, producing damaging winds, frequent lightning, heavy rain and isolated tornadoes. The National Weather Service received a report of several trees in Pierce County that happened during a Tornado Warning issued around 1:45 pm.

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The deadline for these storms is now until 7pm. That is why the Weather Authority declared Thursday an Alert Day.

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Schools in County Ware were discharged earlier in the day and Duval County canceled afternoon training and the competition scheduled for Thursday.

The heavy storm left shattered houses and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi moved to Georgia and Florida on Thursday, alerting residents with early morning warnings as meteorologists said the threat of a dangerous climate was approaching the coast. Atlantic.

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We have several ways to receive notices. You can download the Weather Authority app to get warnings at your specific location, check for updates at News4Jax.com, and watch Channel 4 for updates and the start of each hour.