Weather Alert: Thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail expected in this part of SA on Sunday

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has issued a warning of severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail over the north-central parts of the Northern Cape for Sunday. The weather service cautioned that on Sunday, it could result in flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements. According toSAWS, only the Northern Cape is expected to experience the conditions listed above.

It is expected to be calm in other parts of the country, such as the extreme western parts and north-central parts, north-eastern parts of the Western Cape, north-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape, extreme western parts of North West, in places over Free State except in the north-east, western and extreme north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal as well as the central parts of Mpumalanga. “A cut-off low is expected over the western parts of the country from Monday, 23 February 2026 until Tuesday, 24 February 2026 and could result in heavy rain in places over the central parts of the country,” read the forecast. A cut-off low is a slow-moving weather system that can bring heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds and sometimes flooding.

“The public and small stock farmers are advised to take necessary precautions.” Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers. Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and warm with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers except in the extreme north-east. It will be partly cloudy in the east. Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the southeast.