Hi all,
Bill has asked me to contact you urgently as the Met Office have raised their weather warning to RED tomorrow morning in parts of our area.
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Red warning
Wind
The warning timing is between 07:00 and 12:00 tomorrow, Friday 18th February
Bill has highlighted that it is very rare to get a RED weather warning for wind and on balance it would be advisable if you are in the RED area to consider closing your school. Obviously this is not something that we normally suggest, however with regard to duty of care we believe this is appropriate
Please check the weather information and map on the Met Office to see if you are in the RED area, and I would advise schools that are on the boundary to consider carefully the action to take.
Storm Eunice causing significant disruption and dangerous conditions due to extremely strong winds on Friday.
What to expect
- Flying debris resulting in danger to life
- Damage to buildings and homes, with roofs blown off and power lines brought down
- Uprooted trees are likely
- Roads, bridges and railway lines closed, with delays and cancellations to bus, train, ferry services and flights
- Power cuts affecting other services, such as mobile phone coverage
- Large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, sea fronts and homes, including flooding of some coastal properties
We will keep you updated as the forecast is developing hour by hour
A reminder of the information Bill provided with the amber warning:
Do visit your plans and procedures for the challenges you may face, which could include loss of electricity through to the need to evacuate to your fall back location in the event of damage that makes it unsafe to remain.
Further details
Extremely strong winds may develop over southwest England early on Friday, before spreading north and east during the day. Whilst there is still some uncertainty in the track of Eunice, there is an increasing likelihood of widespread inland wind gusts of 60-70 mph and up to 80 mph in a few places. Around coasts of west Wales and southwest England, gusts of 90 or possibly even 100 mph are possible. Winds are expected to ease across western areas through the afternoon, and eastern areas during the evening.
You may also wish to consider a 'heads up' cascade too, informing your community of this as they may not engage with this sort of information until it disrupts them and some will even complain that more hasn't been done and how dare nature do this! A reminder of what might be necessary at short notice will do no harm.
All the best
Jo Hughes
Risk management and Reassurance adviser
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