Tornado threat as Met Office issues red weather warnings for 100mph winds - Storm Eowyn, the first named storm of 2025, is set to bring strong winds of up to 100mph over the next few days

Lidl stores across the country will not open on Friday during the hours that the red weather warning issued by the Met Office remains in place. In a statement a Lidl spokesperson said:" Due to Storm Éowyn, all Lidl Ireland / Lidl Northern Ireland stores will close on Friday 24 January during any red weather warning that is in place.

Storm Éowyn has the "potential to be very destructive," Met Éireann said while issuing its Status Red weather warnings. Check here for the Status Red, Status Yellow, and Status Orange weather warnings coming into effect for Ireland this week.

A tornado warning has been issued ahead of Storm Éowyn which is set to batter UK coasts with 100mph winds this weekend. A rare red warning covers Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland and all of England is covered by a yellow or amber wind warning tomorrow (Friday).

The Met Office is warning of ‘very dangerous conditions’ and widespread disruption across the region on Friday.

GMT on Friday. It is the first time that a red warning has been issued for Northern Ireland since the Met Office moved to impact-based warnings in 2011. Met Office Chief Meteorologist Paul Gundersen said: “We reserve the issuing of Red Warnings for the most severe weather which represents a likely danger to life and severe disruption,