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Delegated Services: Risk Warning; Weather

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Hello all,

The Met Office has just issued an AMBER weather warning for Rain.

Between 16:00 Thu 31st and 06:00 Fri 1st for our business area moving East to West

Issued: Thu 31 May 10:47

Early afternoon thunderstorms are expected to become slow-moving and merge together to produce some larger and more persistent areas of thunderstorms. This will lead to torrential rain with 30-40 mm of rain possible in an hour and a good chance of as much as 60-80 mm rain in 2-3 hours in some places. As well as this, frequent lightning and large hail are possible.

Severe thunderstorms likely to produce torrential downpours, flooding in some places and frequent lightning.

What to 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.
  • Where flooding or lightning strikes occur, delays and some cancellations to train, bus and air services are likely.
  • Spray and sudden flooding probably leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures and some communities likely to become cut off if roads flood.
  • Power cuts likely to occur and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost.

Warning impact matrix

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Amber Warning: 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. You should think about changing your plans and taking action to protect yourself and your property. You may want to consider the impact of the weather on your family and your community and whether there is anything you need to do ahead of the severe weather to minimise the impact. 

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If there is nobody at your premises we would suggest keeping a close eye on how things are developing and perhaps deploying to site in case of problems, such as a blocked gully, power outage, a lightning strike, etc.

All the best.

Bill​

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