WEATHER WARNINGS 17th July 2025
Published: 18 July 2025
There are several unsettled, muggy days ahead across Yorkshire and the Humber region, as slow-moving heavy showers and thunderstorms develop in the heat of the strong summer sunshine and some warm muggy nights too.
There is currently a Yellow Warning of Thunderstorms in force valid 1100 to 2000 tonight with a HIGH likelihood of low impacts across the whole of our region.
The Yellow Warning of Thunderstorms issued yesterday is now valid from midnight tonight until 20:00 on Saturday with a low likelihood of MEDIUM impacts currently covering the whole of our region. It is worth emphasising that there is the potential for the rain to be torrential in places with 20-30mm in less than an hour and 60 to 90 mm in 2-3 hours possible in a few spots.
The unsettled nature of our weather will continue well into next week with something potentially more settled on Thursday and Friday next week.”
The link below will take you to the Met Office warnings website which has further advice regarding possible impacts.
MET OFFICE - WEATHER WARNINGS
At the time of emailing, the North Yorkshire is at risk level Yellow, we are monitoring the situation as part of our business as usual multi-agency emergency arrangements. If the situation deteriorates and the risk level is raised to AMBER the Council’s formal Severe Weather response arrangements will be invoked.
Regular updates on service impacts - including any roads affected by surface water flooding will be available on the Council’s website.
As eyes and ears on the ground, if you become aware of any significant impacts on your local community, please let the Council know by calling the Council number: 0300 131 2131.