Lightning and heavy rain caused downed trees, power outages and a garage fire in Duval County on Wednesday, according to officials.
A severe thunderstorm warning for Duval expired at 5:30 p.m.
A lightning strike caused a garage to catch fire at a home north of Collins Road, Duval County Emergency Management reported.
As many as 2,250 JEA customers were without power after heavy rain and hail hit.
JEA said a tree was down on Shindler Drive and the utility fixed outages on the Westside.
National Weather Service reported a tree fell on a house on Firestone Road and another tree reportedly fell near Herlong Airport.
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Hail pic from Jennifer Carter on the Westside. #FirstAlertWX @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews @NWSJacksonville pic.twitter.com/ZPEnCzVaq3
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) June 1, 2016
New storm report near Herlong Airport. Tree down. #FirstAlertWX pic.twitter.com/hnJ4re1dFO
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) June 1, 2016
#firstalertwx JFRD reports tree down on house W'side of Jax... heavy storms continue W Beltway I-295 @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/PLzdAXatpq
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) June 1, 2016
Blair Rd, west side Jax. Hailing from the storm
Posted by Mindy Jo Nadeau on Wednesday, June 1, 2016
The view from Mathews Bridge. Pouring in downtown. #firstalertwx pic.twitter.com/E1LnzAgwfn
— Rich Jones (@RichJonesJax) June 1, 2016
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