Met Office issue yellow warning for thunderstorms in Basingstoke

Yellow warning for Basingstoke <i>(Image: Met Office)</i>
Yellow warning for Basingstoke (Image: Met Office)
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Another YELLOW weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued for Basingstoke.

The Met Office has warned of expected thunderstorms for tomorrow, Thursday, July 31, from 10 am through to 9 pm.

The yellow weather warning is in place across the south of England, and the Met Office has said: "Thunderstorms and heavy showers are expected to develop during Thursday morning and through the afternoon.

"These could produce torrential downpours in a few places with as much as 25-35 mm of rain falling within an hour and perhaps 60 mm within 2 hours. Frequent lightning and hail will be additional hazards.



"Storms will tend to become more confined to the south and east of the warning area later in the afternoon before dying out during the evening."

The Met Office have said that it is likely some communities will become cut off if roads flood and that where flooding or lightning strikes occur, delays and some cancellations to train and bus services are likely.

They also say that power cuts are likely to occur, and other services to some homes and businesses could be lost.

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