The red highlighted area on the map below outlines the area covered by this Flood Warning.
Number of historic Flood Warnings that have previously been recorded for this area:
Severe Flood Warning issued on 18 Feb 2020 04:00
River Wye
River levels have risen at the Old Wye Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property and roads is possible today, Tuesday, 18/02/20.
Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents.
River levels at Old Wye Bridge peaked at 6.11m midday on Monday 17/02/20. Further rainfall is expected over the next 12 hours as a result of Storm Dennis. We expect river levels to remain high over the next couple of days. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services.
This message will be updated by 2pm on Tuesday 18/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Severe Flood Warning issued on 17 Feb 2020 16:32
River Wye
This Severe Flood Warning has been issued because river levels have risen at the Old Wye Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property and roads is possible today, Monday, 17/02/20. Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents. River levels at Old Wye Bridge have peaked at 6.11m midday today, Monday 17/02/20. Further rainfall is expected over the next 12 hours as a result of Storm Dennis. We expect river levels to remain high over the next couple of days. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services. This message will be updated by 3am on Tuesday 18/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Severe Flood Warning issued on 17 Feb 2020 12:18
River Wye
This Severe Flood Warning has been issued because river levels have risen at the Old Wye Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property and roads is possible today, Monday, 17/02/20.
Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents.
River levels at Old Wye Bridge have peaked at 6.11m midday today, Monday 17/02/20.
Further rainfall is expected over the next 12 hours as a result of Storm Dennis. We expect river levels to remain high over the next couple of days. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services.
This message will be updated by 4pm on Monday 17/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Severe Flood Warning issued on 17 Feb 2020 05:37
River Wye
This Severe Flood Warning has been issued because river levels have risen at the Old Wye Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property and roads is possible today, Monday, 17/02/20.
Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents.
River levels at Old Wye Bridge are predicted to peak between 6.0 and 6.1m this morning, Monday 17/02/20.
Further rainfall is expected over the next 12 hours as a result of Storm Dennis. We expect river levels to remain high over the next couple of days. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services.
This message will be updated by 12 noon on Monday 17/02/20, or as the situation changes.