page_title: 2007 United Kingdom floods
section_title: Affected areas in Scotland
hierarchical_section_title: 2007 United Kingdom floods / Affected areas in Scotland
caption_attribution_description: This image indicates in blue the Scottish non-administrative counties (1997 definition) affected by flooding on/by July 24th 2007. That's Ayrshire, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Moray, Ross&amp;Cromarty and Tweedale. Every effort has been made to reduce error, and I apologise for any errors/omissions. Some areas with only minor damage have been omitted. To forestall criticism, citations for each and every one of these areas can be found on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_United_Kingdom_floods&amp;oldid=149899447 under "Affected areas in Scotland".
context_page_description: A series of large floods occurred in parts of the United Kingdom during the summer of 2007. The worst of the flooding occurred across Scotland on 14 June; East Yorkshire and the Midlands on 15 June; Yorkshire, the Midlands, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire on 25 June; and Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and South Wales on 28 July 2007.
  June was one of the wettest months on record in Britain. Average rainfall across the country was 5.5 inches; more than double the June average. Some areas received a month's worth of precipitation in 24 hours. It was Britain's wettest May–July period since records began in 1776. July had unusually unsettled weather and above-average rainfall through the month, peaking on 20 July as an active frontal system dumped more than 4.7 inches of rain in southern England.
  Civil and military authorities described the June and July rescue efforts as the biggest in peacetime Britain. The Environment Agency described the July floods as critical and expected them to exceed the 1947 benchmark.
context_section_description: Scotland was hit by flooding in June and July, with the Scottish Lowlands most badly affected. On 12 June, the Met Office issued torrential rain warnings for Scotland and it was Scotland's wettest June since 1938. The non-administrative counties and council areas affected are given below.
caption: Lieutenancy areas of Scotland affected in June and July 2007 floods as of 24 July (marked in blue).
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