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EARLY WARNING OF SEVERE GALES AND HEAVY RAIN
ISSUED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 09:11 ON FRIDAY, 9 JANUARY 2004.
OVERALL RISK ASSESSMENT: THE PROBABILITY OF DISRUPTION DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHIN THE NEXT 96 HOURS IS 70 PERCENT.
REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS BETWEEN 18:00 ON SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2004 AND 06:00 ON WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2004.
SCOTLAND 30%
NORTHERN IRELAND 30%
NORTH WEST ENGLAND 30%
NORTH EAST ENGLAND 30%
THE MIDLANDS 40%
WALES 50%
SOUTH WEST ENGLAND 50%
CENTRAL SOUTHERN ENGLAND 60%
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND 60%
EAST ANGLIA AND LINCOLNSHIRE 50%
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE WARNING OF DISRUPTION DUE TO SEVERE GALES AND HEAVY RAIN ISSUED AT 0900 ON FRIDAY 9TH JANUARY 2004
THE MET OFFICE IS EXPECTING ONE OR MORE INTENSE DEPRESSIONS TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EACH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A VERY INTENSE DEPRESSION, BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE GALE OR STORM FORCE WINDS. WINDS COULD GUST TO MORE THAN 70 MPH, WHICH IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND BRING DOWN TREES. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT RISK OF GUSTS TO 90 OR 100 MPH BRINGING WIDESPREAD DISRUPTION TO TRANSPORT AND SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO LIFE. AT THE SAME TIME, HEAVY RAIN WILL ADD TO THAT ALREADY FALLEN TO BRING A RISK OF LOCAL FLOODING.
SOUTHERN PARTS CONTINUE TO BE AT MOST AT RISK FROM THE STRONGEST WINDS, WITH MONDAY LIKELY TO BE THE DAY ON WHICH THE MOST INTENSE DEPRESSION WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER, THERE CONTINUES TO BE A GENERAL RISK OF SEVERE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WIDER PERIOD FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH TO EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL COULD ALSO BE A HAZARD FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE UK, ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY.
TRANSMITTED BY THE MET OFFICE AT 09:27 ON SATURDAY 10 JANUARY 2004. THIS WARNING WILL BE UPDATED AT 0900 TOMORROW, SUNDAY 11TH JANUARY 2004.
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