THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 1:30 PM EDT UNTIL 3:30 PM, MONDAY 16TH MAY 2022.

A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN GRAND BAHAMA, THE ABACOS, THE BERRY ISLANDS, ANDROS, ELEUTHERA. ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS, AND NOW INCLUDES NEW PROVIDENCE AND ITS ADJACENT WATERS.

A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FOR WESTERN GRAND BAHAMA, BIMINI, AND NORTHERN CAT ISLAND ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS HAS BEEN DISCOUNTINUED.

AT 1:20 PM, LIGHTNING DETECTION, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUED TO DEPICTED CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS, TOWARDS AND ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD UNSTABLE AIR MASS COUPLED WITH TROUGHING.

SHOWERS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE AT TIMES CAUSING STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HEAVY DOWNPOURS, HAIL AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT OR TORNADIC ACTIVITY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.

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.