The Met Office has this morning issued a new alert for thunderstorms which are set to sweep parts of the UK - including almost two inches of rain and 3cm hail. The yellow alert is in place for tomorrow from 1pm - 9pm - and it is warned they could be severe enough to cause disruption and localised flooding on Sunday afternoon and evening.
The warning covers the East Midlands, North East England, Yorkshire and Humber, Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian and Borders, Grampian, Highlands and Eilean Siar, Orkney and Shetland as well as Central, Tayside and Fife.
The Met Office said: “Whilst there remains some uncertainty in whether thunderstorms develop as cooler conditions follow from the west, there is a chance that an organised line of thunderstorms could develop across northern Britain during Sunday afternoon before clearing east into the North Sea during the evening. This is more likely to happen across eastern parts of the warning area including northeast England and eastern Scotland.
