All 11 Northeast Florida counties in our coverage area are under a state of emergency, including Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns and Union.
Severe weather anticipated Tuesday, including the potential for heavy downpours, tornadoes and small hail, led government and other offices around the area to announce closures for the day.
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Here’s the current list by county:
Duval County
All city of Jacksonville government offices are closed to the public on Tuesday, along with city parks and recreation facilities. The City Council meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday has been postponed to 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The Duval County Courthouse and all Duval County Clerk of Courts offices are closed Tuesday. This includes both the Duval County Courthouse and the Clerk’s beaches branch at 1543 Atlantic Blvd.
All Jacksonville library locations are closed Tuesday. Decisions to extend closures of some or all locations will be made if needed following the storm.
MOCA Jacksonville is closed Tuesday. Unless otherwise noted, the museum plans to reopen Wednesday.
The Clara White Mission daily feeding program is suspended Tuesday and its offices are closed. Staff will be on site to secure the building and ensure the veterans living at the Mission are safe and have provisions. There are 23 men living in the CWM transitional housing program for homeless veterans. Eartha’s Farm & Market is also closed Tuesday. Volunteers who have signed up for activities at both the farm and the Mission are asked to reschedule.
St. Johns County
St. Johns County will not collect yard waste Tuesday, allowing service providers to focus on quickly completing garbage and recycling collection. St. Johns County asks residents to secure or bring inside trash and recycling bins as soon as possible after collection is completed. Residents who would have had their yard waste collected on Tuesday can bring it to the Tillman Ridge or Stratton Road Transfer Stations free of charge.
Following the wind event, residents are asked to follow the Yard Waste Collection Guidelines available at https://www.sjcfl.us/SolidWaste/YardWaste.aspx to ensure efficient yard waste collection in the coming days.
St. Johns County will close its government offices at 1 p.m. Tuesday. County operations will resume standard hours Wednesday morning.
St. Johns County announced the following service updates for the community:
- St. Johns County Beach Services will close beach driving to the public at 1 p.m. Beach driving will resume standard hours Wednesday morning.
- St. Johns County Parks and Recreation Extended Day Programming will remain open, mirroring the St. Johns County School District. Parks and Recreation will close County fields used for athletics at 1 p.m. Parks and Recreation will reopen fields to the public Wednesday morning.
- The St. Johns Golf Club is canceling all tee times scheduled for 1 p.m. or later Tuesday. The St. Johns Golf Club will resume standard hours Wednesday morning.
- The St. Johns County Ocean Pier and Gift Shop will close at 1 p.m. and resume standard hours Wednesday morning.
- The Stratton Road and Tillman Ridge Transfer Stations will close at 2 p.m. and resume standard hours Wednesday morning.
All Sunshine Bus public transportation routes and COA Paratransit transportation services in St. Johns County will be discontinued at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Regularly scheduled Sunshine Bus routes and Paratransit transportation services will resume Wednesday. Transportation customer service will also close at 3 p.m. Tuesday and reopen on Wednesday. For Sunshine Bus and Paratransit transportation updates, visit www.sunshinebus.net.
The regularly scheduled city of St. Augustine Code Enforcement, Adjustments and Appeals Board meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, has been canceled. All items on the agenda will be postponed and heard at the regularly scheduled meeting in February.
The city of St. Augustine will be closing at 1 p.m. Tuesday. City offices will resume normal operating hours on Wednesday. Any uncollected trash from Tuesday will be collected Wednesday in addition to regular Wednesday yard debris collection.
Clay County
Garbage, yard waste, and recycling pickups are still on schedule, but if unsafe conditions warrant, pickups will be delayed until Wednesday and the county will alert residents. Pickups will start Wednesday where crews left off, and the county will keep residents updated as more information is available. If that happens, there could be up to one day’s delay in your scheduled pickup.
Clay County Animal Services will be closed at 1 p.m. Tuesday and will resume normal working hours on Wednesday.
All park and athletic programs and events have been canceled. The Clay County Fairgrounds and Camp Chowenwaw Park will close at 2 p.m. Tuesday, and the Camp Chowenwaw Campground is closed.
All programs at our libraries have been canceled for the day.
The Clay County Board of County Commissioners meeting is still scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday. You can watch it live on the county’s Facebook page or website, or on Comcast channel 260.
Clay County Emergency Management is closely monitoring the storm and is asking residents to stay off the roads until the storm passes.
Alachua County
Alachua County Animal Resources is closing at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to ensure the safety of animals and staff due to the impending storm. Animal Resource officers can respond to emergencies only once the storm has passed. Animal Resources will be open for regular hours Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Georgia
All health departments, district offices, CARE clinics, and COVID testing sites in the 8-county Coastal Health District will close at noon on Tuesday. This includes the health departments and district offices in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh counties.
Camden County government offices are closed on Tuesday. Offices will re-open with regular hours on Wednesday.
Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island will close visitor facilities and grounds Tuesday.
The Cumberland Island National Seashore in St. Marys is closed to the public and a mandatory evacuation is in place. All campers, visitors, staff, and volunteers must be off the island Tuesday. The park will remain closed through Tuesday and will reopen on Wednesday. The ferry service will resume on Thursday. The managed hunt schedule for Jan. 9-11, 2024, has been canceled due to severe weather.