Met Office extends weather warning to ‘Amber’ for Flintshire with thunderstorms and torrential rain expected
This article is old - Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2018
The Met Office has updated a weather warning for Flintshire to an ‘Amber Warning’ which is in place up to 9pm.
Thunderstorms and torrential rain will continue push into across parts of North Wales including Flintshire.
A Met Office spokesperson says ”frequent lightning and some hail have developed across the Midlands and North Wales and will continue to affect these areas through the rest of Sunday afternoon.
These may run across highly urbanised areas with 30 mm in an hour in some places and perhaps 60-80 mm in 3 hours.
The thunderstorms are expected to ease through Sunday evening.”
This is what the Met Office says we can expect:
- Flooding of homes and businesses is likely and could happen quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds
- Spray and sudden flooding probably leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures as well as some delays or cancellations to train and bus services.
- Power cuts likely to occur and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost
Thunderstorms have brought over 13,000 lightning strikes across southern Britain and the Channel in a past 24 hours, with forecasters promising plenty more to come.
