UK weather: Met Office issues 11-hour thunderstorm warning for TODAY as crowds drenched in Trooping the Colour parade
A YELLOW weather warning has been issued for large parts of the UK as crowds brave the rain for the Trooping the Colour parade.
The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for the north of England and Scotland.
The weather front is set to last until around 11pm today.
The Met Office said: “Showers and thunderstorms are expected to become more widespread this afternoon and last into the evening.
“Although not everywhere will see a thunderstorm, where they do occur, they will tend to be slow moving, with lightning, hail and heavy rain.
“The heaviest showers and thunderstorms could produce as much as 20 mm of rain in less than an hour with one or two places seeing 30-40 mm in 2-3 hours.”
Drivers should allow longer for their journeys and train services could be affected too, forecasters added.
Yellow thunderstorm warning: Areas affected
The Met Office thunderstorm warning is issued for the areas below:
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Clackmannanshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
North West England
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Lancashire
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- North Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- York
Flooding is also expected and lightning could hit buildings and other structures.
The warning affects the north of England and large parts of Scotland, and is in place from 11am until 10pm today.
Meanwhile in London, crowds braved the rain as members of the Royal Family appeared on Buckingham Palace’s balcony in Kate’s first public appearance since Christmas.
The day had been plagued by rain but downpours couldn’t dampen Kate’s shine today as she beamed alongside her kids.