(VIDEO above of weather midday in Grand Bahama, taken by Bunny Eickelbeck)
THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 5:20PM EDT UNTIL 8:20PM FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY 2016.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIMINI, THE BERRY ISLANDS, ABACO, AND GRAND BAHAMA AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.
AT 5:20PM OBSERVATION, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUE TO SHOW CLUSTERS OF WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.
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 LIGHTENING CONDUCTORS.
ISSUED BY: FORECASTER ORSON NIXON
@5:20PM 01/22/2016
THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF
METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM
2:20PM EDT UNTIL 5:20PM
FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY 2016.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIMINI,
AND GRAND BAHAMA AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.
AT
2:20PM OBSERVATION, RADAR
AND SATELLITE IMAGERY CONTINUE TO SHOW CLUSTERS OF WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING NORTHEASTWARDS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.
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 LIGHTENING CONDUCTORS.
ISSUED BY:
FORECASTER ORSON NIXON
@
2:20PM
01/22/2016
