East of England Update

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	Yellow warning for East of England
	Rain Between 20:30 Sat 21 Apr and 06:00 Sun 22 Apr

Headline Thunderstorms will affect parts of southern, central and eastern England overnight

What to expect

• Some damage to a few buildings and structures is possible due to lightning strikes with some interruption to power supplies and other services.
• Spray and flooding on roads, ;possibly making journey times longer.
• Flooding of a few homes and business is possible.

What should I do?

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Issued: Sat 21 Apr 20:22

Further details

Scattered thunderstorms will move northeast across much of southern, central and eastern England overnight. Whilst some places will miss these storms and remain dry, where they do occur some heavy rain and frequent lightning is likely. 15-20 mm of rain may fall in a short space of time . Hail and gusty winds are also possible very locally. The storms will clear from the west overnight.

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Regions and local authorities affected

East Midlands

• Derby
• Derbyshire
• Leicester
• Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire
• Northamptonshire
• Nottingham
• Nottinghamshire
• Rutland

East of England

• Bedford
• Cambridgeshire
• Central Bedfordshire
• Essex
• Hertfordshire
• Luton
• Norfolk
• Peterborough
• Southend-on-Sea
• Suffolk
• Thurrock

London & South East England

• Bracknell Forest
• Brighton and Hove
• Buckinghamshire
• East Sussex
• Greater London
• Hampshire
• Isle of Wight
• Kent
• Medway
• Milton Keynes
• Oxfordshire
• Portsmouth
• Reading
• Slough
• Southampton
• Surrey
• West Berkshire
• West Sussex
• Windsor and Maidenhead
• Wokingham

North West England

• Cheshire East

South West England

• Bath and North East Somerset
• Bournemouth
• Bristol
• Devon
• Dorset
• Gloucestershire
• North Somerset
• Poole
• Somerset
• South Gloucestershire
• Swindon
• Wiltshire

West Midlands

• Staffordshire
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Warwickshire
• West Midlands Conurbation
• Worcestershire

Yorkshire & Humber

• East Riding of Yorkshire
• Kingston upon Hull
• North East Lincolnshire
• North Lincolnshire
• North Yorkshire
• South Yorkshire

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