THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 9:15 AM UNTIL 11:15 AM THURSDAY 25TH JULY 2019.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RAGGED ISLAND, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS. 

AT 9:10 AM LIGHTNING DETECTOR, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUED TO DEPICT CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGHING MOVING ACROSS AND TOWARDS THE WARNING AREA.

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

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 LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS.