Met Office issues 24-hour thunderstorm warning for Cambridge, Peterborough and Ely

Tom Burnett

1 September 2024 at 5:57 am·2-min read

The weather warning covers all of Cambridgeshire — -Credit: (Image: Met Office)

The Met Office has issued a 24-hour thunderstorm warning for many areas of the UK - including Cambridgeshire. The yellow weather warning comes into force at midnight on Monday (September 2) and is set to remain in place throughout the day.

The warning covers all of Cambridgeshire, including Cambridge, Peterborough and Ely. It follows an earlier weather warning issued for Sunday that covered some areas of the county.

A Met Office spokesperson said: "On Monday, areas of heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to be ongoing from overnight and expected to continue to affect parts of the UK through the day. The focus for thunderstorms and impacts is expected to gradually move east later in the day.

"The extent of these thunderstorms remains very uncertain and whilst many places will miss them, some places may see 30 to 40 mm of rain fall in less than an hour and perhaps over 60-80 mm in one or two places. Frequent lightning strikes and hail will be additional hazards."

Areas covered by the warning

The Met Office said the following areas are covered fully or partially by the weather warning. This is subject to change

Central, Tayside & Fife:

Angus

Clackmannanshire

Dundee

Falkirk

Fife

Perth and Kinross

Stirling

East Midlands:

Derby

Derbyshire

Leicester

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Northamptonshire

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

Rutland

East of England:

Bedford

Cambridgeshire

Central Bedfordshire

Essex

Hertfordshire

Luton

Norfolk

Peterborough

Southend-on-Sea

Suffolk

Thurrock

Grampian:

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

Moray

London & South East England:

Bracknell Forest

Buckinghamshire

East Sussex

Greater London

Hampshire

Kent

Medway

Milton Keynes

Oxfordshire

Reading

Slough

Surrey

West Berkshire

West Sussex

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham

North East England:

Darlington

Durham

Gateshead

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Newcastle upon Tyne

North Tyneside

Northumberland

Redcar and Cleveland

South Tyneside

Stockton-on-Tees

Sunderland

North West England:

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Cheshire East

Cheshire West and Chester

Cumbria

Greater Manchester

Halton

Lancashire

Merseyside

Warrington

SW Scotland, Lothian Borders:

Dumfries and Galloway

East Lothian

Edinburgh

Midlothian Council

Scottish Borders

West Lothian

South West England:

Bath and North East Somerset

Bristol

Gloucestershire

North Somerset

Somerset

South Gloucestershire

Swindon

Wiltshire

Strathclyde:

East Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire

Wales:

Blaenau Gwent

Caerphilly

Cardiff

Conwy

Denbighshire

Flintshire

Gwynedd

Merthyr Tydfil

Monmouthshire

Newport

Powys

Torfaen

Wrexham

West Midlands:

Herefordshire

Shropshire

Staffordshire

Stoke-on-Trent

Telford and Wrekin

Warwickshire

West Midlands Conurbation

Worcestershire

Yorkshire & Humber:

East Riding of Yorkshire

Kingston upon Hull

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

North Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

York

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