Get Nottingham snow updates on WhatsApp as Met Office issues new 22-hour warning

Sam Cooper

21 November 2024 at 7:32 am·2-min read

Snow in Nottingham city centre. — -Credit: (Image: Nottingham Post)

The remnants of the disruption caused just days ago still graces gardens, paths and rooftops across Nottinghamshire as the bitterly cold spell of weather continues. But the Met Office has issued a new 22-hour snow warning for the county and warned people to 'keep your family safe'.

Snow is forecast for parts of Nottinghamshire on Thursday, November 21 and overnight into Friday, November 22. The yellow Met Office weather warning came into effect at noon on Thursday and is in place until 10am on Friday.

Forecasters have urged people to keep themselves and their families safe and said travel disruption was once again possible with wintry showers and icy patches expected overnight on Thursday and early on Friday. The Met Office said there would be longer journey times and added there could be injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.

Here at Nottinghamshire Live, we will once again be keeping you updated with the latest forecasts, warnings and disruption. We appreciate it can be tricky to keep up-to-date when you wake up and see the white stuff and you need to get to work.

With this in mind, we will be providing updates on WhatsApp. Whether it be road or school closures or the latest Met Office warnings, we will be sending them out on WhatsApp and you can get the latest straight to your phone.

Thousands of you joined us on WhatsApp for updates on Tuesday as schools and roads closed. We will be doing similar updates on Friday, should the snow cause any further disruption.

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