A rare amber weather warning for severe thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office ahead of “intense rainfall, frequent lightning, hail and gusty winds”.
The warning has been issued for parts of East Anglia and eastern parts of East Sussex and Kent lasting between 8pm on Friday and 5am on Saturday.
The Met Office warns that the storms could lead to road flooding, difficult driving conditions, power cuts and flooding of homes and businesses.
Yellow thunderstorm warnings are also in place for much of southern and south-western England and Wales between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Met Office chief meteorologist, Steve Ramsdale, said: “We are watching developments over northern France closely as thunderstorms develop in the warm, humid air over the continent.
Some lively weather is on it's way Areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms will be developing from the south this afternoon, bringing intense downpours, lightning, hail and gusty winds pic.twitter.com/xGSaUYI4LO
— Met Office (@metoffice) June 13, 2025“These thunderstorms are then expected to move into the south-east of England and East Anglia tonight (Friday night), bringing frequent lightning, hail, and intense downpours of rain with gusty winds.
“The heavy rainfall could lead to surface water flooding, especially in urban areas. An amber severe weather warning has been issued for parts of the South East and East Anglia, where 30-50mm of rain could fall in a short time whilst the strong winds, hail and lightning could bring different impacts such as disruption to power supplies.
“Yellow thunderstorm warnings are also in place for large parts of southern England and Wales.
“While the warnings cover the areas of the country most at risk of seeing thunderstorms, not everyone within a warning area will experience a thunderstorm.
“For many, it will remain dry much of the time.”
Amber weather warning issued Thunderstorms across parts of southeast England and parts of East AngliaFriday 2000 – Saturday 0500Latest info t.co/QwDLMfS950Stay #WeatherAware pic.twitter.com/PJTZnqzNgk
— Met Office (@metoffice) June 13, 2025A further yellow thunderstorm warning is in place stretching from eastern and southern Scotland to northern and south-western England and Wales from midnight to 6pm on Saturday.
RAC breakdown spokeswoman Alice Simpson said: “Amber weather warnings must be taken seriously by drivers.
“Strong winds increase the chance of trees and powerlines falling and this combined with torrential rain over a short period can make driving much more challenging.
“Anyone not confident driving in the conditions may wish to postpone their journeys until the stormy weather passes.”
Katharine Smith, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency, said: “Forecast heavy rain and thunderstorms today mean there is a risk of significant and localised surface water flooding impacts in parts of England, including the East and South East on Friday with impacts probable into early Saturday.
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“Environment Agency teams have ensured rivers and watercourses are clear ahead of the storms and stand ready to support local authorities in their response to surface water flooding.
“We urge people not to drive through flood water as just 30cm of flowing water is enough to move your car.
“People should check their flood risk, sign up for free flood warnings and keep up to date with the latest situation by searching ‘check my flood risk’, and follow EnvAgency on X for the latest flood updates.”
A Met Office spokesman said that temperatures were expected to peak on Friday with parts of eastern England expected to reach up to 29C with temperatures possibly staying as high as 16C before cooler temperatures will arrive by Sunday.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued its first yellow heat-health alert of the year, running until 8am on Sunday in the east of England, East Midlands, London, and the southeast.
Under UKHSA and the Met Office’s Weather-Health alerting system, a yellow alert means there could be an increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people.
It may lead to an increase in risk to health for individuals aged over 65 or those with pre-existing health conditions, including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
No, the UK won’t hit 40°C later this month despite warm spell
by Alannah Francis
New modelling has suggested that there is a theoretical possibility that temperatures in the UK could reach 40°C later this month.
It comes as a warm spell means parts of the UK could be hotter than Ibiza, Mykonos and Los Angeles.
The i Paper spoke to weather experts to find out how likely it is that the mercury could rise to 40°C this June and how certain we can be about models projecting this.
Some forecasters have said the UK may see a sustained period of warm weather at the end of the month (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)Brian Gaze, founder of The Weather Outlook, shared a chart generated from an individual computer model run, which showed the hottest possible solution in the ensemble model.
“It doesn’t mean that 40°C is likely later this month,” Gaze said. “What it suggests is that it is theoretically possible.”
A Met Office spokesperson said: “An individual weather chart from a single model run doesn’t reflect the reality of long-range forecasting, which comes with in-built uncertainty.”
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