Yellow warning of rain affecting South West England

Met Office sent this bulletin at 08-07-2024 10:00 AM BST
 
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Yellow warning for South West England
Rain
Between 18:00 (UTC+1) on Mon 8 Jul 2024 and 03:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 9 Jul 2024

Headline

Rain becoming persistent and heavy this evening, leading to some impacts on travel and infrastructure

What to expect

  • Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
  • Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer
  • Some interruption to power supplies and other services likely

What should I do?

Issued: 09:55 (UTC+1) on Mon 8 Jul 2024

Further details

After a generally cloudy day with showers, more persistent rain will push north this evening and overnight. Rain will be persistent and heavy at times, particularly so for hills, moors and headlands exposed to brisk winds.

Most of the warning area will see 20-40 mm of rain, with as much as 60-70 mm possible for some areas, for example Dartmoor and Exmoor. Rain should ease from the south during the night, clearing to scattered showers by morning.

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Regions and local authorities affected

London & South East England

  • Hampshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • Oxfordshire
  • Portsmouth
  • Reading
  • Southampton
  • West Berkshire
  • Wokingham

South West England

  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
  • Bristol
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Gloucestershire
  • Isles of Scilly
  • North Somerset
  • Plymouth
  • Somerset
  • South Gloucestershire
  • Swindon
  • Torbay
  • Wiltshire

Wales

  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Bridgend
  • Caerphilly
  • Cardiff
  • Carmarthenshire
  • Ceredigion
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Monmouthshire
  • Neath Port Talbot
  • Newport
  • Pembrokeshire
  • Powys
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Swansea
  • Torfaen
  • Vale of Glamorgan