First Alert Weather Day: Tracking threat for two rounds of strong storms for the Jacksonville area on Saturday

UPDATE | 10:04 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Brantley County, Glynn County, and Pierce County until 11 p.m.

The tornado warning issued for Ware County has been canceled.

UPDATE | 9:23 p.m.

Tornado warning for Pierce and Ware County until 10:15 p.m.

UPDATE | 9:06 p.m.

Southeast Georgia is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 1 a.m.

UPDATE | 7:56 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the following counties until 8:15 p.m.

• Pierce
• Brantley
• Ware

UPDATE | 5:48 p.m.

UPDATE | 5:09 p.m.

The Gateway Mall vaccination site has temporarily closed due to inclement weather. The site will decide if they will reopen at a later time.

UPDATE | 4:20 p.m.

Tornado watch issued for Duval County until 6 p.m.

Tornado watch canceled for Brantley, Ware and Glynn Counties.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the following counties until 5:00 p.m.

• Duval
• Baker
• Columbia
• Nassau
• Charlton
• Camden

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the following counties until 4:45 p.m.

• Ware
• Baker
• Nassau

UPDATE | 1:37 p.m.

The National Weather Service has extended its Tornado Watch to the following northeast Florida counties until 6 p.m.

• Baker
• Nassau
• Columbia
• Hamilton
• Suwannee

This includes the cities of Amelia City, Belmont, Fernandina Beach, Hilliard, Jennings, Lake City, Live Oak, MacClenny, and Yulee.

The following Georgia counties remain under a tornado watch until 6 p.m.

• Brantley
• Camden
• Charlton
• Glynn
• Pierce
• Ware

Emergency Management is reporting that a tree has fallen on a mobile home in Ware County due to strong winds. No injuries are reported, according to EM.

UPDATE | 10:40 a.m.

First Alert Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh says a tornado watch is in effect for most of southeastern Georgia, that will likely include Waycross, Blackshear, Nahunta, and possibly Brunswick and Folkston.

The First Alert Weather Team is tracking the threat for two rounds of strong storms on Saturday.

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HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

• Severe storms are likely Saturday afternoon over Southeast Georgia, including damaging winds and a few tornadoes.
• A few severe storms may nudge into extreme northern Florida (Baker & Nassau counties) by late afternoon.
• An isolated strong to severe storm may develop late day from Interstate 95 to the beaches in Northeast Florida, but this scenario is far less certain.
• Squall line of severe storms overnight Saturday night moving west to east across our viewing area.
• There will be a very fine line between mostly sunny and very stormy through Saturday.

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