Ken Cook wrote:

"Norman" wrote in message ...

I see that there is still a yellow warning for heavy rain in force for the
North Midlands and the whole of the North of England, valid until midnight.
The warning was re-issued at 1707 this evening. It makes no sense. A glance
at the radar shows that the rain has already cleared all but the extreme NE of
England. It seems that the warning system doesn't include provision for
explicit cancellation of a warning or, if it does include such provision, it
isn't used. A warning for heavy rain this evening isn't particularly helpful
to Joe Public in this part of the country.

Hi, Norman,
33mm here mostly between 18hr and 19hr with max rate on Davis of 88mm/hr. 20mm
fell between 1810hr and 1840hr. I was driving in it over to Middlesbrough and
it wasn't pleasant.
A weather warning was definitely in order here!
Ken
Copley,
Teesdale

I've no problem with that, Ken. The warnings were certainly justified for
earlier on. My beef is that the warning is still current. The period of
validity does not expire till 2359 yet the radar shows that the rain is now
well clear of the whole of Northern England. The rain stopped here just before
1700 BST and it has been a fine clear evening. Even so, the warning map still
shows us covered with "custard" and that was reissued at 1707 BST. The currency
of the warnings has not kept up with the evolving situation.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.