THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS RE-ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 11:20 AM EDT UNTIL 1:20 PM EDT THURSDAY 16TH MAY 2019.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANDROS, SOUTH ELEUTHERA, CAT ISLAND AND THE EXUMAS, ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR BIMINI, THE BERRY ISLANDS, MAYAGUANA AND INAGUA.

AT 11:15AM LIGHTNING DETECTOR, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUED TO DEPICT LINES AND CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS AND SURFACE TROUGHING MOVING EASTWARDS ACROSS AND TOWARDS THE WARNING AREAS.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES CAUSING STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HEAVY DOWNPOURS, HAIL AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT OR TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

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.