Flood warning issued as thunderstorms forecast

Parts of Tayside and Fife have been warned to expect “heavy thunderstorms” and flooding this weekend, according to forecasters.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain across the area, effective today from noon until 9pm.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has also issued flood alerts for Tayside – covering almost all of Perth and Kinross – and the whole of Fife.

The Met Office said that “slowmoving” but “heavy” thunderstorms will pass through Scotland tomorrow afternoon, with Perth, Perthshire and much of Fife expected to be affected.

However, much of the east coast will dodge the thundery weather, which is expected to hit western and central parts of the country worst.

Angus, Dundee and much of eastern parts of Fife are not covered by the Met Office weather warnings, which warns of up to two inches of rain falling in a short space of time.

Met Office meteorologist Bonnie Diamond said: “A weather warning is in place for Northern Ireland and Scotland. For many it actually could be quite a nice weekend.

“Although there is a risk of showers, there is a lot of dry and warm weather around. It does look like western parts of Scotland in particular are most at risk of seeing these heavy bursts of rain and thundery showers we have warnings for.”