Severe Weather Warning Heavy Rain seiten=3 abk=warning
For the following areas
- Blaenau Gwent (Severe)
- Bridgend (Severe)
- Caerphilly (Severe)
- Cardiff (Severe)
- Carmarthenshire (Severe)
- Ceredigion (Severe)
- Merthyr Tydfil (Severe)
- Monmouthshire (Severe)
- Neath Port Talbot (Severe)
- Newport (Severe)
- Pembrokeshire (Severe)
- Powys (Severe)
- Rhondda Cynon Taff (Severe)
- Swansea (Severe)
- Torfaen (Severe)
- Vale of Glamorgan (Severe)
Issued by the Met Office at 19:06 on Thursday, 04th September 2008
Valid from 00:01 on Friday, 05th September 2008 until 14:00 on Friday, 05th September 2008
Heavy rain will spread northwards across Wales during the night and will continue through Friday morning and into the afternoon. The rain will gradually turn showery from the southwest during the afternoon. Rain rates of 15 mm in 3 hours are expected in places, with accumulations of 30 to 50 mm possible on already saturated ground. The public are advised to take extra care and refer to 'Traffic Wales' for further advice on road conditions, and also to the Environment Agency Floodline and 'Flood Warnings in force'.