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Weather warnings overview

Map regions coloured show where severe weather warnings have been issued.

Flash warnings and Advisories have been issued for the UK

The Met Office has responsibility for providing weather warnings for the UK.

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Flash warnings of severe or extreme weather

These are issued when the Met Office has 80% or greater confidence that severe weather is expected in the next few hours. If warnings have been issued, click on the region affected to see more detail.

Region affected	Warning type	Valid from	Valid to
Northern Ireland	Heavy Rain	1100 Sat 21	1100 Sun 22

Early warnings of severe or extreme weather

These are issued when the Met Office has 60% or greater confidence that severe weather is expected in the next few days.

Risk of disruption	Warning	Valid from	Valid to
No early warnings have been issued for the UK.

Advisory of severe or extreme weather

These advisories are issued by 1300 daily as routine, though they may be updated at other times if required. They indicate confidence of expected severe or extreme weather. Early warnings and Flash Warnings supersede advisories when confidence levels are 60% or greater.

Risk of disruption

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UK regions:

	Northern Ireland
	North West England
	SW Scotland, Lothian & Borders

Heavy Rain

Sun 22 Nov

There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting parts of Southern Scotland, Northwest England and Northern Ireland. There is the potential for a further 20-30 mm of rain in places but locally up to 50 mm across the higher ground. It will also become very windy at times with gusts locally reaching 60 mph.

Issued at: 1107 Sat 21 Nov

UK regions:

	North West England
	Wales
	SW Scotland, Lothian & Borders

Heavy Rain

Tue 24 Nov

There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting parts of Wales, Northwest England and Southern Scotland. There is the potential for 20-30 mm of rain in places but up to 50 mm across the higher ground. Strong winds will accompany the rain with gusts up to 60 mph.

Issued at: 1118 Sat 21 Nov

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