UK weather: Met Office issues 23-hour thunderstorm warning for TODAY as flooding, lightning & large hail strikes nation --[Reported by Umva mag]

THE Met Office has issued a 23-hour thunderstorm warning for today – with flooding, lightning and large hail set to strike the nation. A yellow warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers is in force across much of southern England and Wales. Gales tore through Aldershot in Hampshire yesterdayUKNIP UKNIPThe fast winds damaged trees and properties[/caption] The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning today Lightning damage to buildings, disruption to public transport and flooding should be expected within the warning zone. The yellow warning covers all of Wales and south west England, the Midlands and parts of the south east and north. It came into effect at 1am this morning and will stay in place until midnight. Another yellow rain warning for rain will come into force tomorrow for Wales and central south-west England. Affected areas could see between 50mm and 70mm of rainfall over a few hours, accompanied by hail and frequent lightning. Met Office expert Jason Kelly said: “The warnings cover the areas of the country most at risk of seeing thunderstorms. “But not everyone within a warning area will experience a thunderstorm. For many much of the time it will remain dry.” Forecaster Dan Harris said the wet weather is expected to continue into next week. He said: “We are expecting the area of persistent and at times heavy rain to have developed by the end of Sunday. “It will most likely continue for some parts of southern UK through at least the first part of Monday, before starting to clear eastwards. “By this time, however, confidence falls sharply in terms of both its exact location and rainfall amounts.” Yesterday howling winds swept through the Hampshire town of Aldershot – damaging homes and trees. Firefighters were scrambled after a column of air moved 1.2 miles through the town just after noon. Footage showed the winds ripping tiles off roofs and blowing them across the street. But no one was injured by the fast winds, a spokesperson for the local council said. All the areas covered by today's warning Derby Derbyshire Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Rutland Bedford Cambridgeshire Central Bedfordshire Hertfordshire Luton Peterborough Bracknell Forest Buckinghamshire Hampshire Milton Keynes Oxfordshire Reading Slough Southampton West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Merseyside South West England Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Bristol Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset South Gloucestershire Swindon Torbay Wiltshire Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Herefordshire Shropshire Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Telford and Wrekin Warwickshire West Midlands Conurbation Worcestershire South Yorkshire

Sep 21, 2024 - 09:06

UK weather: Met Office issues 23-hour thunderstorm warning for TODAY as flooding, lightning & large hail strikes nation --[Reported by Umva mag]

THE Met Office has issued a 23-hour thunderstorm warning for today – with flooding, lightning and large hail set to strike the nation.

A yellow warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers is in force across much of southern England and Wales.

a house with a roof that has been damaged by a storm — Gales tore through Aldershot in Hampshire yesterday

a tree that has fallen in front of a brick house

The fast winds damaged trees and properties[/caption]

a map of the united kingdom shows a yellow thunderstorm warning — The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning today

Lightning damage to buildings, disruption to public transport and flooding should be expected within the warning zone.

The yellow warning covers all of Wales and south west England, the Midlands and parts of the south east and north.

It came into effect at 1am this morning and will stay in place until midnight.

Another yellow rain warning for rain will come into force tomorrow for Wales and central south-west England.

Affected areas could see between 50mm and 70mm of rainfall over a few hours, accompanied by hail and frequent lightning.

Met Office expert Jason Kelly said: “The warnings cover the areas of the country most at risk of seeing thunderstorms.

“But not everyone within a warning area will experience a thunderstorm. For many much of the time it will remain dry.”

Forecaster Dan Harris said the wet weather is expected to continue into next week.

He said: “We are expecting the area of persistent and at times heavy rain to have developed by the end of Sunday.

“It will most likely continue for some parts of southern UK through at least the first part of Monday, before starting to clear eastwards.

“By this time, however, confidence falls sharply in terms of both its exact location and rainfall amounts.”

Yesterday howling winds swept through the Hampshire town of Aldershot – damaging homes and trees.

Firefighters were scrambled after a column of air moved 1.2 miles through the town just after noon.

Footage showed the winds ripping tiles off roofs and blowing them across the street.

But no one was injured by the fast winds, a spokesperson for the local council said.

All the areas covered by today's warning

Derby
Derbyshire
Leicester
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Rutland
Bedford
Cambridgeshire
Central Bedfordshire
Hertfordshire
Luton
Peterborough
Bracknell Forest
Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Milton Keynes
Oxfordshire
Reading
Slough
Southampton
West Berkshire
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham
Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Halton
Merseyside
South West England
Bath and North East Somerset
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
Bristol
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Gloucestershire
Isles of Scilly
North Somerset
Plymouth
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
Swindon
Torbay
Wiltshire
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
Herefordshire
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent
Telford and Wrekin
Warwickshire
West Midlands Conurbation
Worcestershire
South Yorkshire

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