THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS RE-ISSUED A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FROM 1:30 PM EDT UNTIL 3:30 PM, THURSDAY 19TH MAY 2022.

A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH ANDROS, CENTRAL AND SOUTH ELEUTHERA, AND EXUMA CAYS, ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.

A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT OF NEW PROVIDENCE AND CAT ISLAND AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.

AT 1:20 PM, LIGHTNING DETECTION, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTED A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS, TOWARDS AND ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH STREAMING TROPICAL MOISTURE INTERACTING WITH TROUGHING.

SHOWERS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG 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.