A Hereford sports club has been forced to cancel all sessions this Saturday due to flooding.
React Gymnastics & Trampolining shared the following update on Facebook:
“Due to the severe weather we have experienced flooding in the gym.
“This means all sessions Saturday 21st September are closed. Please keep an eye out for messages in regards to clean up and helping us put the gym back together.
“The Trampoline in-house competition at this moment is still going ahead. We will send you more details when we can.
“Thank you so much for your support and patience.
“A massive thank you to everyone who helped dry the gym tonight.”
Holmer Park Spa & Health Club have also confirmed that they will remain closed until at least Monday, following storms that affected Herefordshire on Friday.
An update on their website this morning said:
“Unfortunately due to the weather and subsequent flooding/ damage Holmer Park is currently CLOSED. We hope to reopen on Monday 23rd Sept as normal.”
They are not the only businesses to be affected by the severe weather.
Autosport Models & Collectables on Perseverance Road in Hereford was hit by flooding after storms dropped almost three inches of rain on Hereford on Friday evening.
Perseverance Road remains closed this morning, with a number of residential properties affected by flooding, as well as businesses.
Further weather warnings have been issued for Herefordshire this weekend.
The Met Office warnings for Saturday and Sunday can be found below.
Weather Warning – Saturday:
“Whilst there is some uncertainty in the details, scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop and spread northwestwards at times later on Friday night and through Saturday.
“While much of the time it will be dry, and not all places will see these, where they do occur 20-40 mm could fall in less than an hour, with a small chance of isolated accumulations of 50-70 mm over the course of a few hours.
“In addition, hail and frequent lightning may accompany the most intense storms, especially during Saturday afternoon and evening in parts of the Midlands, southern England and east Wales.”
Warning Link – https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?id=05b32969-5f58-4ffa-9dc5-b44778bd80b8&date=2024-09-21
Weather Warning – Sunday:
Parts of Herefordshire could see a months worth of rainfall in ‘just 12-24 hours’ on Sunday, with torrential downpours likely.
With Met Office warnings in place for today (Friday), as well as Saturday, it’s expected to be a wet few days in some parts.
The risk on Sunday is of a more organised area of torrential rain moving across Herefordshire, as well as other parts of England and Wales.
The Met Office warning for Herefordshire on Sunday says:
“Showers and thunderstorms are expected to merge into broader areas of heavy rain across parts of Wales, central and southern England during Sunday.
“Whilst the strongest signal for impactful rainfall totals appears to be centred across east Wales and west-central England, there is potential right across this highlighted region for some areas to see 30-50 mm in less than 6 hours, with a few places receiving 60-80mm over the course of 12-24 hours.
“Southwest England looks likely to see some heavy rain during the early hours of Sunday morning, breaking up into slow-moving, heavy and in places thundery downpours during the day time.
“Meanwhile, the areas of heavy rain are likely to continue pushing north and west, becoming slow moving across some northern and possibly eastern reaches of the warning area during the rest of Sunday.”
Warning Link – https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?id=578244a7-7027-4c50-a1a1-5924a3dad828&date=2024-09-22