Met Office issues new thunderstorm warning as 31 areas face 4cm-wide hail – list

Met Office issues new thunderstorm warning as 31 areas face 4cm-wide hail – list The Met Office has issued more yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms as the UK battles wild conditions brought by the heatwave Two more yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms have been issued, with huge hailstones on the cards for millions of Brits. The heatwave brought record-breaking temperatures on Wednesday, with forecasters warning they could rise even higher to 38C today. However, storms have also hit parts of the UK. And now two yellow warnings for thunderstorms have been issued by the Met Office for Scotland. One runs from 3pm until midnight tonight, while a much large warning covers all of Scotland on Friday. The national weather agency states in the Friday warning: "Spells of heavy rain and thunderstorms initially over northwest Scotland are likely to become more widespread during Friday morning. Further thunderstorms and spells of heavy rain are possible in the afternoon before becoming confined to more northern areas of Scotland later in the day. "Rainfall amounts will be highly variable but narrow corridors of 20-30 mm falling in 1 hour and potentially 30-50 mm in 3 hours is possible. Frequent lightning, large hail (2-4 cm diameter) and locally gusty winds with stronger storms." Areas impacted by thunderstorm warnings Central, Tayside & Fife - Angus - Clackmannanshire - Dundee - Falkirk - Fife - Perth and Kinross - Stirling Grampian - Aberdeen - Aberdeenshire - Moray Highlands & Eilean Siar - Na h-Eileanan Siar - Highland Orkney & Shetland - Orkney Islands SW Scotland, Lothian Borders - Dumfries and Galloway - East Lothian - Edinburgh - Midlothian Council - Scottish Borders - West Lothian Strathclyde - Argyll and Bute - East Ayrshire - East Dunbartonshire - East Renfrewshire - Glasgow - Inverclyde - North Ayrshire - North Lanarkshire - Renfrewshire - South Ayrshire - South Lanarkshire - West Dunbartonshire This is a Breaking News story. You’ll be more likely to see our stories when any big news breaks in future by simply by clicking this link . You can also join The Mirror’s WhatsApp Community or follow us on Google News , Flipboard , Apple News , TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads - or visit The Mirror homepage .