A THUNDERSTORM warning has been issued for Herefordshire.

The Met Office yellow warning for thunderstorms is set to come into force on Monday (August 15).

Forecasters said that while some places will avoid them, thunderstorms are likely to develop increasingly widely as we go through Monday.

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Storms are forecast to develop across parts of England and Wales by late morning and into the afternoon and should begin to ease from the west later.

Very locally around 20-30 mm of rain is possible in an hour, and up to around 50 mm could fall in three to six hours.

Hail and frequent lightning are also possible.