The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has issued a

Severe Thunderstorm Warning from

3:30pm EDT until 6:00pm EDT, Wednesday 17th July 2013.

A severe thunderstorm warning is now in effect for

Bimini, Exuma and its Cays and Cat Island and their adjacent waters for the next two and a half hours.

At 3:30pm EDT radar and satellite data indicated clusters of thunderstorms over Bimini, Exuma and its Cays and Cat Island and their adjacent