THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 9:30 AM TO 11:30 AM EST, MONDAY 12TH APRIL, 2021.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND BAHAMA, THE BERRY ISLANDS AND ABACO ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.
AT 9:25 AM, OBSERVATION, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICT CLUSTERS OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH MOVING SOUTHEASTERLY TOWARDS AND ACROSS 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.
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
