Flood Warning Info - Wiza Beck and Black Beck at Wigton, Station Rd
Area Description
Properties on and just off Station Rd including The Innovia Factory, Fire Station, Miller Park and Slaters Yard.
This is a Flood Warning Area. For this area, you may receive Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings.
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There are no Flood Warnings currently in force for this area. See below for historical flood warnings.
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Flood Warning History
Number of historic Flood Warnings that have previously been recorded for this area:
Historical Flood Warnings for this Area
Flood Warning issued on 19 Jan 2021 17:16
Wiza Beck, Black Beck
River levels have risen at the Station Road Innovia, Wigton river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding is imminent. Flooding is expected to affect properties on and just off Station Road including the Innovia factory, Fire Station, Miller Park and Slaters Yard. Further rainfall is forecast overnight. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences and clearing debris screens. Please move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety and avoid contact with flood water. This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 3 Oct 2020 21:20
Wiza Beck, Black Beck
River levels have risen at the Station Road Innovia, Wigton river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding is imminent. Flooding is expected to affect properties on and just off Station Road including the Innovia factory, Fire Station, Miller Park and Slaters Yard. We expect river levels to remain high until tomorrow morning. We are closely monitoring the situation. Please move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety and move family, pets and cars to safety.
This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 9 Feb 2020 11:20
Wiza Beck, Black Beck
River levels have risen at the Station Road, Innovia, at Wigton river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property and roads is possible for a the period through to lunchtime but levels are expected to peak as rain eases this afternoon 09/02/2020. Properties on and just off Station Road including the Innovia factory, Fire Station, Miller Park and Slaters Yard. We do not forecast the situation to deteriorate any further.
Further rainfall is forecast to ease over the next 1-2 hours. We expect river levels to remain high until later this afternoon.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences and liaising with emergency services.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated this afternoon,09/02/2020, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 1 Oct 2019 04:37
Wiza Beck, Black Beck
River levels have risen at the Station Road Innovia, Wigton river gauge and Wiza storage basin as a result of heavy rainfall and are forecast to rise further. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is possible after 05:30 this morning Tuesday 1st October. Properties on and just off Station Road including the Innovia factory, Fire Station, Miller Park and Slaters Yard are likely to be affected. We expect river levels to remain high during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and avoid contact with flood water. Rain is forecast to continue during Tuesday morning but should move away during the afternoon.
This message will be updated by Tuesday afternoon, or as the situation changes.