Weather warning for Cork and Kerry with flooding risk in six counties

Heavy rain is expected, with the warning comes into effect at 3pm on Monday and will run until 10am on Tuesday.

Cork and Kerry are among six counties who will be under a status yellow weather warning on Monday.

Met Éireann issued the alert on Sunday morning, warning that heavy and persistent showers could cause bother for residents.

Some potential impacts of the rain include:

• Localised flooding
• Difficult travelling conditions
• Outdoor events impacted

The warning comes into effect at 3pm on Monday and will run until 10am on Tuesday.

Cork, Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim and Mayo are the counties currently set to be affected.

Status Yellow - Rain warning for Cork, Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo ⚠️

Heavy & persistent rain at times. 🌧️

Potential impacts:
• Localised flooding ☔️
• Difficult travelling conditions 🚗🚴‍♀️
• Outdoor events impacted ⛺️https://t.co/FhFWKx6AbX pic.twitter.com/jYGQzUoW1Q

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 25, 2024

The overall forecast from Met Éireann makes for grim reading as we move towards September.

Sunday will see temperatures hit 14 to 19C but only a passing chance that there will be brighter intervals.

Tonight will be mild and mostly cloudy with patchy outbreaks of rain or drizzle.

The rain that will start in the west and south on Monday will spread eastwards throughout the day - but temperatures will still hit highs in the low 20s, with the current prediction seeing a peak of 22C.

Tuesday will start off wet with further rain. 

The rain will gradually clear eastwards with sunshine and a few showers following.

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