The Tribune

THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING LASTING UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF NEW PROVIDENCE, ANDROS, ELEUTHERA, SAN SALVADOR AND LONG ISLAND, AND CROOKED ISLAND AND ACKLINS AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.

AT 4.20PM OBSERVATIONS, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS MOVING NORTH AND WESTWARD ACROSS THE MENTIONED ISLANDS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES CAUSING STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, LOCALIZED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS, AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT OR TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

BOATERS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOUR AND RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN CONDITIONS WORSEN. RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR IN WATER AS THESE CAN BECOME LIGHTENING CONDUCTORS