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Warning overview for UK
Warning details for UK
Headline
Persistent, heavy rain leading to flooding and disruption.
What to expect
- Homes and businesses flooded and damage to some buildings
- Danger to life from fast flowing or deep floodwater
- Delays or cancellations to train and bus services
- Spray and flooding leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- Some communities cut off by flooded roads
- Power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses
What should I do?
Further details
Persistent, heavy rain will continue through Wednesday, overnight and for much of Thursday. 100 to 150 mm rain is likely to accumulate quite widely through this period, with 200 to 250 mm falling over prone fells, mainly across the west of the warning area. Rain is likely to become more showery and less persistent, albeit still heavy at times, during Thursday night and perhaps Friday morning, with a separate yellow warning still in force at that time.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Cumbria
Headline
Persistent and heavy rain is likely to bring flooding and transport disruption.
What to expect
- Spray and flooding probably leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- Delays and some cancellations to train and bus services are likely
- Homes and businesses are likely to be flooded, causing damage to some buildings
- Fast flowing or deep floodwater is likely, causing danger to life
What should I do?
Further details
A feed of heavy rain will become persistent across southern Scotland from later on Wednesday, lasting overnight and well into Thursday. 60-80 mm of rainfall will build up quite widely, with peak totals of around 100 mm falling in an 18 hour period. The heaviest rain will clear eastwards from mid-morning on Thursday.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Scottish Borders
Headline
Heavy rain may lead to some local flooding and disruption on Wednesday and into Thursday.
What to expect
- Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- Delays or cancellations to train and bus services are possible
- Homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings
- Fast flowing or deep floodwater is possible, causing a danger to life
What should I do?
Reason for update
The warning area has been reduced, in particular to remove Ayrshire and much of Galloway. The end time also has been extended and the likelihood level increased.
Further details
Rain will become persistent and heavy at times on Wednesday across much of southern Scotland. 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 eastwards through Thursday afternoon.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Scottish Borders
- South Lanarkshire
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
Spells of heavy rain will spread southeast across Wales through Thursday, before clearing east through 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
What should I do?
Reason for update
Warning start time pushed back to Thursday morning, and end time brought forward to Friday afternoon. Rainfall amounts and area also adjusted based on latest information.
Further details
Persistent and at times heavy rainfall, already affecting northwest Wales at the start of this period, is expected to spread southeastwards through Thursday before clearing on Friday. 40-60mm could fall quite widely within the warning area, but over 100mm is probable in a few spots, most likely over northwest Wales/Snowdonia. Heavier bursts are likely to be more isolated across south Wales, but where they do occur 40-60mm is possible in a 6-9 hour period.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
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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- It is important to read the content of yellow warnings to determine which weather situation is being covered by the warning.
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