Flood Warning Info - Borsdane and Hockery Brook at Hindley
Area Description
Areas at risk include land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive, Including Platt Lane, Aughton Street, Whitebury Ave and Blackberry Drive. Also at risk, Property next to Hockery Brook Between Wigan Road and Blackberry Drive.
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.
Area Covered by this Flood Warning
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Flood Warning History
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Historical Flood Warnings for this Area
Flood Warning issued on 16 May 2021 20:04
Borsdane Brook
River levels are rising at the First Avenue river gauge as a result of localised thunderstorms. Consequently, flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is expected/possible between 19:00 and 12:00 today/tomorrow, 16/05/21. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive.
Further thunderstorms are forecast over the next 12 hours, with low confidence over exact timing and locations. We expect river levels to remain high until 12:00 on 17/05/21.
Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue (further) flood warnings if necessary.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses.
This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 20 Jan 2021 15:54
Borsdane Brook
River levels are rising as a result of heavy rainfall and are expected to remain high until Friday. Consequently, flooding for land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive. is possible today, Wednesday 20th January. Further rainfall is forecast over the next 48 hours. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue further flood warnings if necessary. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated tomorrow, Thursday 21st January or as the situation changes
Flood Warning issued on 9 Feb 2020 11:49
Borsdane Brook
River levels have risen at the First Avenue river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is expected. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for land adjacent to Borsdane Brook between Rayner Park and Rockingham Drive. We expect river levels to remain high throughout the 9th February 2020. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue further flood warnings if necessary. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.