A yellow weather warning has been issued for large regions of Britain, with downpours predicted to bring as much as 60 mm of rain within a two to three-hour period.
The weather forecasters said that the storm would be accompanied by blustery winds and hail. Most areas will, however, see 10-20 mm of rain over a three-hour period.
The locations impacted include the West Midlands, the East of England, London and South East England, South West England, Wales and Yorkshire and the Humber.
The Met Office warned that lightning and flooding could lead to road closures, as well as delays and cancellations of public transport.
They reported that a band of heavy rainfall would drive northwards through Sunday morning, pursued by scattered heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon and that further heavy rain and thunderstorms were likely during Sunday evening and night, especially across eastern parts of England, easing later.
Evidently, 10-20 mm of precipitation is likely in 1 to 3 hours in multiple locations, with 30 mm in a few places through the morning. However, where thunderstorms transpire during the afternoon, evening and overnight, there’s a slight possibility of 20-30 mm falling within an hour and as much as 60 mm in 2-3 hours, along with lightning and a possibility of blustery winds. This will most probably happen across the eastern regions of England.
The agency said there was a slight risk of local flooding from surface water across the south and the east of England and the Midlands, and they added that lands, roads and some properties may flood and there may be travel disruption.
It comes as the Environment Agency urged people in the Swindon region to be prepared for potential flooding after water levels rose significantly in the River Cole following heavy rain on Friday.
They said that property flooding was not currently anticipated, but said that river levels were elevated but constant on the River Cole following extremely heavy rainfall in the Swindon region.
It was said that river levels were below the flood risk threshold on Dorcan Brook, and therefore, flooding of low-lying land, footpaths and roads was expected to persist, particularly in the Covingham area of Swindon.
They said that further showers were likely, clearing overnight and that they were closely observing the situation, and that their incident response staff had been in the area removing weed and trash scenes and would continue to monitor over the weekend.
So, it’s going to be a bit wet and windy, with all these amber alerts. Years ago we would just grit our teeth and just get on with it, and before that people would just chew coal for dinner and keep their coats on the bed to keep warm, and the snow was so deep that when you opened the front door it would end up inside the house, and of course, a hot meal was a mustard sarnie. People today don’t know how good they’ve got it.
Of course, this will help to top up Britain’s drought from the summer months – won’t need a hosepipe ban now!
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