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DS Risk Warning Weather: Wind

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 Hello all,


Storm Eunice has now prompted the Met Office, from their updated analysis, to issue an:

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Amber warning for South West England

​The warning timing is between 03:00 and ​21:00 on Fri 18 Feb 2022

​You will see from their following headline and what to expect list that there are a number of things to think about and discuss with your teams, not only in terms of high levels of vigilance on the day and battening down the hatches on site -  bringing inside as much as possible of the easily blown about items in advance and keeping away from trees and other items that may be toppled, but also travel to work and home issues too.

Storm Eunice may cause significant disruption due to extremely strong winds on Friday.

What to expect

  • There is a good chance that flying debris could result in a danger to life
  • Damage to buildings and homes is likely, with roofs blown off and power lines brought down
  • Roads, bridges and railway lines are likely to close, with delays and cancellations to bus, train, ferry services and flights
  • There is a good chance that power cuts, possibly prolonged, could occur and possibly affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage
  • Large waves are likely and beach material is likely to be thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties
  • It is likely there will be falling branches and some uprooted trees

Here is the link to the warning area map:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2022-02-18&id=cee3e4f8-3600-41ac-bfad-d0c8bf834829


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.

Bill


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