Met Office issues 18-hour 'heavy rain' warning for the West Midlands - list of areas affected

The Yellow weather warning for 'heavy rain' has been issued for half of the West Midlands

The Met Office has issued the West Midlands region with an 18-hour warning of 'heavy rain'. The Yellow weather warning will be in place from 6pm tonight (October 15) until 12pm tomorrow (October 16).

There is small chance of flooding, travel disruption and power cuts, the forecaster says. The warning covers larges the Black Country region, with households in Wolverhampton, Dudley, Walsall and Sandwell likely to be affected - but the warning does not extend into Birmingham.

The Yellow warning covers a large part of western England, extending from Devon and Cornwall and up through Somerset, into much of Wales, and onwards onto the northwest of England.

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What to expect

• A small chance of power cuts;
• Communities could be cut off by flooded roads;
• Homes and businesses could be flooded;
• Potential delays and cancellations to train and bus services
• Spray and flooding could cause difficult driving conditions.

The Met Office warned: "Areas of heavy rain are expected to develop and push north across the warning area. Rain will develop in southwest England late afternoon, before becoming heavier and expanding north on Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday.

"Many places will see around 10-20 mm of rain, but there is a chance some locations may see considerably more than this over a 6 hour period, most likely parts of southwest England and south Wales. A few places may see 50-80 mm of rain fall in 6 hours. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in the south of the warning area, with lightning an additional hazard."