Met Éireann has issued two separate Status Yellow thunderstorm warnings for 23 counties with frequent lightning and surface water-flooding expected.
The first warning for 12 counties will come into place from 6am Sunday for Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford, and end at midnight.
A separate alert for Cavan, Monaghan, Clare, Galway, Leitrim, Roscommon, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly and Westmeath comes into effect at 12pm and ends at midnight.
Met Eireann has said localised thunderstorms with slow-moving heavy downpours will lead to "frequent lightning and surface water-flooding".
⚠️Status Yellow Thunderstorm Warnings issued⚠️
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) September 9, 2023
Tomorrow Thunderstorms⛈️ will affect most of the country.
Warning timings will vary, please see the warnings section of https://t.co/e0QpncNkig for details for your area. pic.twitter.com/sDjqHCyrWD
The UK Met Office issued a thunderstorm warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry, which comes into effect from 2pm on Sunday until 11:59pm.
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