Flood Warning Info - Liss to Sheet Mill on the Western Rother

Liss to Sheet Mill on the Western Rother

The River Rother from Liss to Sheet, including Liss, Princes Marsh, and Sheet Mill.

This is a Flood Warning Area. For this area, you may receive Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings.

Current Flood Warning Status

No current warning

Area Covered by this Flood Warning

The red highlighted area on the map below outlines the area covered by this Flood Warning.

Flood Warning History

Number of historic Flood Warnings that have previously been recorded for this area.

Historical Flood Warnings for this Area

Flood Warning

Flood Warning issued on 4 Jan 2024 22:16

Western Rother

The Western Rother is high and rising. 35mm of rain has been recorded at Liss, in only a few hours on Thursday. Which is a lot in a short period of time. From 23:00 04/01/2024 flooding will affect properties on Mill Lane and Old Mill Lane, Sheet, and also on Station Road next to the railway line, in Liss. Flooding will be extensive through fields and affect rural roads and gardens. A further 5mm of rain is expected through the early hours of Friday. Very little rain is forecast Friday daytime through to next week. The river should begin to fall by 04:00 05/01/2024, but will be higher than normal until Friday evening. If you see a blockage affecting the flow in the river, please call our incident hotline on 0800 80 70 60. We continue to monitor the levels and forecast. We will update this message by 15:00 05/01/2024