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Warning overview for UK
Warning details for UK
Headline
Persistent and at times heavy rain is likely during Wednesday.
What to expect
- There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings
- There is a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life
- Where flooding occurs, there is a slight chance of delays or cancellations to train and bus services
- Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- There is a small chance that some communities will become cut off by flooded roads
What should I do?
Reason for update
End time has changed as there is now a separate warning issued for Thursday and Friday. Likelihood of impacts has increased.
Further details
Persistent and at times heavy rain is expected to cause impacts from Wednesday morning. In general, 40-80 mm is expected within the warning area but 140-180 mm is likely over high ground with as much as 200 mm in some locations during Wednesday.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Durham
- Northumberland
- Cumbria
Headline
Heavy rain is likely at times during Thursday and Friday.
What to expect
- Flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely
- Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
- Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
- Some interruption to power supplies and other services likely
What should I do?
Further details
Outbreaks of heavy rain are expected to become persistent for periods causing impacts during Thursday and Friday. In general, 40-60 mm is expected within the warning area but 100-120 mm is likely over high ground with as much as 160 mm over Snowdonia.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Neath Port Talbot
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Swansea
Headline
Heavy rain may lead to some local flooding and disruption on Wednesday and perhaps into Thursday.
What to expect
- Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
- Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
- There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings
- There is a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life
What should I do?
Reason for update
Impact matrix updated to a very low likelihood of medium impacts. Warning area expanded further north and end time extended into Thursday.
Further details
Rain will become persistent and heavy at times on Wednesday across much of southwestern Scotland and parts of the Borders. Whilst there still some uncertainty in the exact location of the heaviest rainfall, accumulations of 25 to 50 mm are likely in the warning area, and perhaps 60 to 90 mm over high ground. The rain will clear for a time on Wednesday evening and may return again early on Thursday morning but details are very uncertain.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Scottish Borders
- East Ayrshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
Headline
Persistent and at times heavy rain is likely to continue through Thursday and Friday.
What to expect
- There is a small chance that some communities will become cut off by flooded roads
- Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- Where flooding occurs, there is a slight chance of delays or cancellations to train and bus services
- There is a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life
- There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings
- There is a slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses
What should I do?
Further details
Persistent and at times heavy rain is expected to continue to cause impacts from through Thursday and Friday. In general, a further 30-60 mm is expected within the warning area but 80-100 mm is likely over high ground with as much as 150 mm in some locations. This is in addition to high rainfall totals over the previous 24 hours.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Durham
- Northumberland
- Cumbria
- Lancashire
- North Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
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Red warning
- Dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not done so already, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.
- It is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.
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- There is an increased likelihood of impacts from severe weather, which could potentially disrupt your plans.
- This means there is the possibility of travel delays, road and rail closures, power cuts and the potential risk to life and property.
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