What to expect

• There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings
• There is a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life
• Where flooding occurs, there is a slight chance of delays or cancellations to train and bus services
• Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
• There is a small chance that some communities become cut off by flooded roads
• There is a slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses, associated with the isolated thunderstorm risk.

What should I do?

Updated: 11:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 22 Jun 2019

Further details

Heavy rain is expected to affect southern Scotland from early Monday, then move northwards across central and eastern Scotland through Monday. In many locations 20-40mm of rain may fall in a 12-18 hour period, with peaks in excess of 80mm possible over high ground. Although some isolated thunderstorm activity is expected, the heavy rainfall aspect has now been deemed to be of greater significance.

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Reason for update

The category has been changed from thunderstorm to heavy rainfall, with reduced impacts, and updates to the warning area and headline rainfall accumulations.

Regions and local authorities affected

Central, Tayside & Fife

• Angus
• Clackmannanshire
• Dundee
• Falkirk
• Fife
• Perth and Kinross
• Stirling

Grampian

• Aberdeen
• Aberdeenshire
• Moray

Highlands & Eilean Siar

• Highland

SW Scotland, Lothian Borders

• Dumfries and Galloway
• East Lothian
• Edinburgh
• Midlothian Council
• Scottish Borders
• West Lothian

Strathclyde

• Argyll and Bute
• East Ayrshire
• North Lanarkshire
• South Ayrshire
• South Lanarkshire