Some warnings told recipients to “take action immediately” but also included description text that referred to it being a test warning.
Information contained in the alerts explained that the Met Office test warnings had been issued via a meteorological aggregator that sends weather alerts to a number of places including Apple devices.
It is thought that the testing error occurred during this aggregation process.
A Met Office spokesperson said: “We are aware of an issue where some test weather warnings were displaying on some websites and apps, we’ve worked with partners to ensure these test warnings have now been removed.
“We’re sorry for any inconvenience, there are currently no Met Office Severe Weather Warnings in force as of 14:00 Thursday 28 November.”
It is unclear how many people received the warnings, but many posted on X to say they had seen them.
“Why did I randomly get a severe weather alert? What’s going on?” one person wrote on X.
Another added: “Severe high temperature warning when currently 4C in the #Lakedistrict.”
