THE Met Office has issued a yellow ’be prepared’ weather warning with thunderstorms possible in Surrey and Hampshire on Thursday.

A band of heavy, thundery showers is expected to move from west to east on Thursday morning.

Some places will miss these, but where they do occur there is potential for heavy downpours producing sudden localised flooding of homes and businesses and disruption to power supplies from lightning strikes.

The weather warning is valid from 6am to 1pm on Thursday, with rain expected in Farnham from around 10am. For updates visit http://www.metoffice.gov.uk.