Sittingbourne, England, United Kingdom Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Heavy showers and thunderstorms have formed in a line stretching northeast from Surry towards western Essex. This line will remain fairly slow-moving through the coming hours, while individual showers or storms tend to move southwest along it.  Each shower could bring 20-40mm of rainfall within an hour, with isolated locations that experience several showers perhaps seeing 75-100mm of rainfall within the space of a few hours. Although some isolated lightning is likely rainfall and the associated surface water flooding are expected to bring the greatest impacts. For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings What to expect: Flooding of homes and businesses is likely and could happen quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater and isolated lightning strikes; Where flooding or lightning strikes occur, delays and some cancellations to train and bus services are likely; Spray and sudden flooding probably leading to difficult driving conditions and some road closures.

Information on update: Area covered by the warning reduced southwards and eastwards. After early rainfall over southeastern England, showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop more widely during the afternoon. The focus of torrential downpours will probably be over parts of East Anglia and southeastern England and, perhaps, more locally across some southern coastal counties further west. Hail, gusty winds and lightning may prove additional hazards. Some areas, particularly in the west, may largely avoid the heaviest showers.  Rainfall amounts will vary considerably from place to place, but hourly totals could approach 30-40 mm in some places, with a few locations perhaps picking up 60 to 80 mm from successive showers and storms. For further details see https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings What to expect: Spray and sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures; Where flooding or lightning strikes occur, there is a chance of delays and some cancellations to train and bus services; Flooding of homes and businesses could happen quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds; Power cuts might occur and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost.