Severe Weather Warning

Thu, Jan 11th 2018, 03:29 PM

The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has issued a Severe Weather Warning from 2:45PM TO 5:45PM, THURSDAY 11 TH JANUARY 2018.

A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ABACO, SOUTH ANDROS, THE EXUMA CAYS, CAT ISLAND AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.

SATELLITE, OBSERVATION, LIGHTNING DETECTOR AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND AN ACTIVE SURFACE TROUGH MOVING NORTHWARDS TOWARD THE WARNING AREAS.

SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AT TIMES, GENERATING STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HEAVY DOWNPOURS, HAIL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS OR TORNADO ACTIVITY.

THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AS WELL AS SOME STREET FLOODING SO EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE MOVING ABOUT AND STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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

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