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Warning details for UK
Headline
Frequent heavy showers likely to cause some flooding and transport disruption.
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
Area of warning has been expanded to include more of West Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
Further details
Following recent wet weather and heavy overnight rain, frequent heavy showers continue on Monday afternoon, overnight and into the middle of Tuesday. A further 25 to 35 mm could fall in places, particularly over higher ground. Sleet or snow may affect highest level roads but only small accumulations are expected.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
Headline
A short spell of very strong winds is likely around coasts during Tuesday morning's busy travel period.
What to expect
- Some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport are likely
- Probably some bus and train services affected, with some journeys taking longer
- Delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges likely
- It’s likely that some coastal routes, sea fronts and coastal communities affected by spray and/or large waves
Further details
Some very gusty winds are likely on Tuesday morning in association with heavy rain over the North Wales coast and around Liverpool Bay. Gusts of 55 to 65 mph are possible in places. The strongest winds will be relatively short lived but will affect the area during Tuesday morning's busy travel period. The winds will then ease from the north later on Tuesday morning.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Blackpool
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
Headline
Periods of rain and hill snow may bring some disruption to transport.
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
Further details
Periods of rain are expected to become widespread and locally heavy across parts of England and Wales through Thursday. Over western areas, particularly the higher ground of Wales, some snow is also likely, with local accumulations of a few cm possible. Rainfall totals of 15-30 mm are likely, with some spots, particularly higher ground, seeing isolated totals of 40-60 mm.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Norfolk
- Peterborough
- Southend-on-Sea
- Suffolk
- Thurrock
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- East Sussex
- Greater London
- Kent
- Medway
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- West Sussex
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
- Gloucestershire
- Blaenau Gwent
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Newport
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands Conurbation
- Worcestershire
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- York
Headline
Risk of further heavy rain may increase disruption from flooding.
What to expect
- There is a small chance that communities could be completely cut off, perhaps for several days
- There is a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater, causing a danger to life
- There is a small chance of extensive flooding to homes and businesses which may lead to collapse or damage to buildings or structures
- Where flooding occurs, road closures are likely, along with bus and train service delays and cancellations
- Dangerous driving conditions will occur because of spray and flooded roads
- There is a slight chance that power and other essential services, such as gas, water, mobile phone service will be lost
Reason for update
The potential impact from the warning has been increased.
Further details
A period of heavy rain may affect the area through Thursday, bringing further disruption. Confidence in the location of any heavier rainfall is low, though with ongoing flooding across the area, even relatively small amounts of rain may cause further impacts. 15-25 mm of rainfall is possible, with a lower chance of seeing 40-50 mm..
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- South Yorkshire
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