The heavy rain stopped play at the Ashes (Picture: PA)

Flooding is expected across parts of England following heavy rain and thunderstorms.

Nearly half a month’s worth of rain fell in one hour near Sheffield on Sunday, and most of England was placed under a Met Office warning for either rain or thunderstorms until the end of the day.

Between 6-7pm 35.6mm of rain fell in Woodhouse Mill. In June the UK averages 12 days of rain, totalling 77mm.

Six flood warnings were put in place across parts of northern England by 8pm.

Met Office forecaster Marco Petanga said: ‘Half a month’s of rain has fallen in one hour in one location, in quite a few spots we’re seeing 15-20mm, even 30mm in an hour.

‘There’s been quite a few storms embedded within that area of northern England, Northern Ireland and one or two in parts of Wales.

‘It’s pretty torrential, 25 to 35mm in an hour is certainly going to cause some flooding problems, and there’s still potentially bad conditions to come.’

Heavy rain has caused disruption across the country, with play halted in the first Ashes test at Edgabston due to the wet weather.

Festival-goers got rather wet (Picture: Mark Holloway/Redferns)

Music fans at the Isle of Wight Festival were also drenched.

Temperatures reached the low twenties throughout Father’s Day, despite the UK being in an area of low pressure.

A yellow thunderstorm warning covers almost the entirety of England and Wales between noon and midnight today – with another warning which ran out at 9pm in Northern Ireland.

A heavy rain warning is also in place across northern England and Scotland from 7pm today until noon on Monday.

They warn of heavy showers, the potential for frequent lightning, strong winds and hail – which could cause flooding, travel issues and power cuts.

‘It’s pretty torrential, it’s certainly going to cause some flooding problems, and there’s still potentially bad conditions to come.’