THE Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for Bournemouth, Poole and wider Dorset this morning.
The yellow ‘be aware’ warning is valid from 8.45am until 9pm and says that further heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue.
It said that the public should be aware of the potential for isolated disruption due to surface water flooding and lightning strikes.
The chief forecaster said: "The humid, unstable airmass across southern Britain will remain in place through Saturday.
“Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are therefore likely to continue to affect some areas.
“Many places will miss these storms, but where they do occur we are likely to see up to 30 mm rainfall in a short space of time, whilst lightning and hail may be additional hazards.
“The main risk of thunderstorms will become confined to southern parts of the warning area from late afternoon.”
No further warnings are currently in place for the coming days.
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