Tornado terror is set to strike the UK as Brits brace for 50mph winds and severe lightning strikes in the next few hours.
The country is on high alert with amber warnings for torrential rain storms that are expected to batter 16 different regions with intense downpours.
A whopping 10-hour severe weather warning has been slapped on a large swathe of southeast England and East Anglia by the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (Torro).
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They’ve flagged up the possibility of “brief” tornadoes forming, cautioning: “Showers and isolated thunderstorms are already present around parts of SW and S England, and these will tend to move NE through this morning, with other showers and a few thunderstorms developing inland via diurnal heating.”
“Deep layer shear is favourable for small clusters or lines of storms to form, and whilst low-level shear is reasonably modest, some backing of the flow ahead of the trough could assist in the development of low-level rotation, and perhaps a brief tornado or two.
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“The most likely area of this to occur is across southern counties in the depicted area, but as models are keen to develop rather widespread showers through the day, the risk is drawn in a broader sense. Gusty winds and lightning will affect some places, along with hail.”, reports the Mirror.
The four main areas falling under the warnings are:
- Cent Southern England
- South East England
- East Anglia
- South East Mids
The Met Office has also placed amber weather warnings over the following areas:
East Midlands
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Leicester
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Leicestershire
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Northamptonshire
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Rutland
East of England
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Cambridgeshire
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Central Bedfordshire
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Peterborough
London & South East England
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Buckinghamshire
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Milton Keynes
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Oxfordshire
South West England
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Gloucestershire
West Midlands
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Herefordshire
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Warwickshire
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West Midlands Conurbation
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Worcestershire
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