The MET office have issued an amber alert for heavy rain this afternoon. (May 31st)
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce torrential downpours, flooding in some places and frequent lightning.
A spokesperson commented, “Early afternoon thunderstorms are expected to become slow-moving and merge together to produce some larger and more persistent areas of thunderstorms. This will lead to torrential rain with 30-40 mm of rain possible in an hour and a good chance of as much as 60-80 mm rain in 2-3 hours in some places. As well as this, frequent lightning and large hail are possible. Flooding of homes and businesses is likely and could happen quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds.”
The alert currently is in place between 16:00 Thu 31st and 06:00 Fri 1st June.
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