THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS RE-ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM6:00PM EDT UNTIL 7:00PM WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2013.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CONTINUED FOR INAGUA AND ITS ADJACENT WATERS.
AT 6:00PM OBSERVATION, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTED LARGE CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS INAGUA. 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
