Issued by the Met Office at 11:13 on Wednesday, 20th June 2012
Valid from 00:05 on Friday, 22nd June 2012 until 23:59 on Friday, 22nd June 2012

An Alert has been issued for the following regions
- North West England (Amber)
- Wales (Yellow)
- East Midlands (Yellow)
- Yorkshire & Humber (Yellow)
- North East England (Yellow)
- West Midlands (Yellow)


 
 
 

Spells of heavy rain are expected to move north across the area during Thursday and Friday, with some large totals likely to build up by later on Friday. There is increasing concern that some of the more populated parts NW England could well experience some exceptionally wet conditions on Friday with winds gusting to over 50 MPH. The public should be prepared for the risk of flooding.