{"id":285328,"date":"2025-07-23T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/285328\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:47:09","slug":"met-office-issues-new-weather-warning-with-3-areas-affected-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/285328\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office issues new weather warning with 3 areas affected | Weather | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Met Office<\/a> issued a new yellow weather warning<\/a> for thunderstorms on Wednesday. The alert will be in place between 12.52pm and 5pm on July 23. It covers three areas in the London & South East England region, including Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and Kent.<\/p>\n

The yellow warning means can be issued for a range of weather situations but in this case, it has been issued for thunderstorms. The Met Office<\/a> said slow-moving heavy showers and thunderstorms will hit parts of Kent and Sussex through Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Some places will miss the downpours, but where they do occur 20-25 mm rain is likely in less than an hour with a chance of 30 to 40 mm falling in one to two hours in a few locations, the Met Office<\/a> says.<\/p>\n

This is likely to lead to some surface water flooding and disruption, whilst lightning strikes may be an additional hazard, reports Yahoo News.<\/p>\n

Showers and thunderstorms<\/a> are expected to slowly die out on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

If you’re wondering what to expect, the Met Office<\/a> says there is a good chance driving conditions will be affected by spray and standing water, leading to longer journey times by car and bus. It also says there is a small chance of short term loss of power and other services.<\/p>\n

There’s also a small chance of damage to a few buildings and structures from lightning strikes.<\/p>\n

Some flooding of a few homes and businesses possible, leading to some damage to buildings or structures should also be expected.<\/p>\n

Anyone taking a train should be aware that there may be some delays to train services.<\/p>\n

The Met Office<\/a> shared a post on X showing where the thunderstorm will hit and how much rainfall is expected.<\/p>\n

This comes after the UK has experienced heatwaves so far this summer with weather maps<\/a> turning red.<\/p>\n

Spring 2025 was the UK’s warmest and sunniest on record, reports BBC<\/a>. June then became the warmest month on record for England and July brought the third heatwave of the year.<\/p>\n

Temperatures soared beyond 30C with Brits basking in the heat across the country.<\/p>\n

To stay safe in the thunderstorm, the Met Office<\/a> says you should consider if your location is at risk of flash flooding. If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit.<\/p>\n

It also says you should give yourself the best chance of avoiding delays by checking road conditions if driving, or bus and train timetables, amending your travel plans if necessary.<\/p>\n

You should prepare for a power cut and if you find yourself outside, do not shelter under trees if you have heard thunder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Met Office issued a new yellow weather warning for thunderstorms on Wednesday. The alert will be in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[257,1142,12,16,15,10655],"class_list":{"0":"post-285328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-london","10":"tag-met-office","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-weather-warnings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114902862690792056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}