MORE flooding chaos could hit Herefordshire today with another weather warning in force for the county.
Thunderstorms saw heavy flooding, roads closed, and even a supermarket ceiling damaged in the county on Friday (September 20).
And the county is not out of the woods yet, with a very wet weekend possible and weather warnings in force for both Saturday and Sunday.
Weather warnings
Saturday
A yellow thunderstorm warning is in force for the whole day today.
The Met Office said scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across parts of southeast England and spread towards the north-west through Saturday morning before showers develop more widely later in the day.
Not all places will see these showers, the Met Office said, but where they do occur 20-40 mm could fall in less than an hour, with a small chance of isolated accumulations of 50-70 mm over the course of a few hours.
Hail and frequent lightning may accompany the most intense storms, especially during Saturday afternoon and evening in parts of the Midlands, western England and east Wales.
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— Met Office (@metoffice) September 19, 2024
Thunderstorms across Wales plus central and southern parts of England
Saturday 0100 – 2359
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Sunday
A Met Office yellow warning for rain will be in force for the whole of Sunday.
Forecasters at the Met Office said showers and thunderstorms are expected to merge into broader areas of heavy rain across parts of Wales, central and southern England during Sunday.
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The strongest signal for impactful rainfall totals appears to be centred across east Wales and west-central England, the Met Office said, but there is potential right across this highlighted region for some areas to see 30-50 mm in less than six hours, with a few places receiving 60-80mm over the course of 12-24 hours.
Southwest England looks likely to see some heavy rain during the early hours of Sunday morning, breaking up into slow-moving, heavy and in places thundery downpours during the daytime.
The areas of heavy rain are likely to continue pushing north and west, becoming slow moving across some northern and possibly eastern reaches of the warning area during the rest of Sunday.
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