WEATHER warnings have been issued for parts of Worcestershire as thunder, lightning and heavy rain hit parts of the UK in a dramatic end to the summer season.

A weather warning for rain has come into force lasting all of Sunday, with a further two rain warnings – one yellow and one amber – coming into effect on Monday.

The yellow warning, lasting all day, will stretch to cover areas further east and further north while the amber warning, up between 5am and 9pm, focuses on areas including the West Midlands.

According to the Met Office, thunderstorms moved across the country on Saturday, starting in Cornwall before striking more central, towards the north-east of London, and then up through Birmingham and towards the East Midlands.

There are three flood warnings in place in England for waters in north-west Leicestershire, south Staffordshire and Bedfordshire.

Sarah Cook, flood duty manager at the Environment Agency, said: “Persistent heavy rain and thunderstorms could lead to significant surface water flooding on Monday across parts of England.

“The impacts could include localised flooding in urban areas and fast responding catchments, including some property flooding as well as travel disruption. The risk from river flooding remains low.”

She added: “We urge people to plan their journeys carefully, follow the advice of local emergency services on the roads and not to drive through flood water – it is often deeper than it looks and just 30cm of flowing water is enough to float your car.”

Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: “Where we’ve had the rain over the last couple of days we’re expecting further rain for the beginning of next week as well.

“We have just recently issued an amber warning as well for similar areas across parts of the Midlands and also just moving up into the north-east of England as well.

“So where we’ve seen accumulation of rain over the last day or so we’re expecting further rain as well.

“It’s likely we’ll see more impacts from flooding and road closures and things like that.”