Flood Warning Info - River Medway between Yalding and Maidstone
Area Description
River Medway between Yalding and Maidstone, including Wateringbury, West Farleigh, Teston and East Farleigh.
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
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Historical Flood Warnings for this Area
Flood Warning issued on 7 Jan 2025 17:20
River Medway
River levels are falling slowly but remain high on the River Medway and flooding is expected to continue overnight, Tuesday 7 January 2025 into Wednesday following prolonged rainfall. Areas most at risk include riverside properties in Wateringbury and East Farleigh, particularly around Bow Bridge.
Flooding is expected until the morning of Wednesday 8 January 2025.
We are closely monitoring the situation and monitoring rainfall and river levels.
Act on your flood plan if you have one. Activate any property flood protection products you may have.
This message will be updated by 9am on Wednesday 8 January 2025, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 7 Jan 2025 07:49
River Medway
River levels are expected to peak this evening around 19:00 Tuesday 7 January 2025 following prolonged rainfall. Areas most at risk include riverside properties in Wateringbury and East Farleigh, particularly around Bow Bridge.
Flooding is expected until the morning of Wednesday 8 January 2025.
We are closely monitoring the situation and monitoring rainfall and river levels.
Act on your flood plan if you have one. Activate any property flood protection products you may have.
This message will be updated by 6pm on Tuesday 7 January 2025, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 6 Jan 2025 18:52
River Medway
Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding this evening and overnight. Areas most at risk include riverside properties in Wateringbury and East Farleigh, particularly around Bow Bridge.
Flooding is expected until the morning of Tuesday 7 January 2025.
We are closely monitoring the situation and monitoring rainfall and river levels.
Act on your flood plan if you have one. Activate any property flood protection products you may have.
This message will be updated by 8am on Tuesday 7 January 2025, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 6 Jan 2025 07:52
River Medway
Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding this morning. Areas most at risk include riverside properties in Wateringbury and East Farleigh, particularly around Bow Bridge.
Flooding is expected from 10am on Monday 6 January 2025.
We are closely monitoring the situation and monitoring rainfall and river levels.
Start acting on your flood plan if you have one. Activate any property flood protection products you may have.
This message will be updated by 7pm on Monday 6 January 2025, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 28 Dec 2020 19:03
River Medway
The risk of flooding remains from the River Medway between Yalding and Maidstone. The peak flood levels are close to that expected to cause flooding to riverside properties in Wateringbury, particularly around Bow Bridge. Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers. River levels on the River Medway are peaking this evening in Wateringbury at 7pm and in Maidstone at around 9pm on Monday 28 December. Further isolated showers are possible overnight but they aren’t expected to cause any additional flood impacts. We expect river levels to begin falling from 9pm on Monday 28 December and will continue to fall overnight into Tuesday morning. We continue to monitor the situation closely and are liaising with the emergency services and our partners. Please avoid driving through floodwater. This message will be updated by 9am on Tuesday 29 December, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 28 Dec 2020 09:59
River Medway
The risk of flooding remains from the River Medway between Wateringbury and Maidstone. Levels will continue to rise slowly throughout Monday 28 December but peak levels are not currently expected to be as high as those experienced last winter. Wintry showers are forecast today. Please avoid driving through floodwater.
This message will be updated by 7pm on Monday 28 December or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 27 Dec 2020 20:42
River Medway
River levels are rising as a result of heavy rainfall. Flooding of property, roads and low lying land is expected from this evening, Sunday 27 December 2020. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for riverside properties in Wateringbury at Bow Bridge and at East Farleigh from 4am on Monday 28 December. Residents with Property Flood Resilience measures should install them now. Further isolated showers are possible overnight. We expect river levels on the River Medway to continue to rise and peak in the afternoon or early evening of Monday 28 December. Flood depths may be similar to those experienced in December 2019. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services and our partners. This message will be updated by 9am on Monday 28 December, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 27 Dec 2020 13:56
River Medway
River levels have risen as a result of heavy rainfall. Flooding of property and low lying land is expected from 6pm this evening, Sunday 27 December 2020. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for riverside properties in Wateringbury at Bow Bridge and at East Farleigh. Levels are currently expected to be similar to those experienced during December 2019. Residents with Property Flood Resilience measures should install them now.
No further significant rainfall is forecast for today or tomorrow. We expect river levels to remain high overnight into Monday 28 December.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services and our partners. Please stay aware in case further warnings are issued.
This message will be updated by 9pm this evening, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 7 Mar 2020 11:35
River Medway
River levels remain very high but are have now peaked in Wateringbury at around 3am this morning, Saturday 7 March. Flooding of vulnerable properties is likely to continue today until early evening, particularly around Bow Bridge. However, the risk of further property flooding is now reducing. As flood levels are expected to fall slowly, impacts on local roads, low lying land and properties is likely to continue until Sunday morning, 8 March. We are closely monitoring the situation and have staff in the area supporting partners and the community. Residents should maintain any property flood protection products. Please avoid contact with flood water and remain safe in the area of concern. Further light rainfall is forecast for Sunday morning and a larger band of rain on Monday evening but this is not currently expected to lead to any further significant impacts. This Flood Warning message will be updated by 7pm Saturday 7 March, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 7 Mar 2020 03:55
River Medway
River levels remain very high but are have now peaked in Wateringbury at around 3am this morning, Saturday 7 March. Flooding of vulnerable properties is likely to continue during the day today, particularly around Bow Bridge. However, the risk of further property flooding is now reducing. As flood levels are expected to fall slowly, impacts on local roads, low lying land and properties is likely to continue until Sunday morning, 8 March. We are closely monitoring the situation and have staff in the area supporting partners and the community. Residents should maintain any property flood protection products and move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety. Please avoid contact with flood water and remain safe in the area of concern. Further rainfall is forecast for Sunday but this is not currently expected to lead to any further significant impacts. This Flood Warning message will be updated by 11am Saturday 7 March, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 6 Mar 2020 20:16
River Medway
River levels continue to rise as a result of recent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property is expected to continue. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for riverside properties in Wateringbury, particularly around Bow Bridge.
No further rainfall is forecast in the next 24 hours. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services and our partners.
Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers, and move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety. This message will be updated by 10am on Saturday 7 March 2020, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 6 Mar 2020 12:23
River Medway
River levels are continuing to rise as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property is expected to continue. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for riverside properties in Wateringbury, particularly around Bow Bridge. No further rainfall is forecast until Sunday. We expect river levels to rise until 8am on 07/03/20. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are out on the ground and liaising with emergency services and our partners. Please activate any property flood protection measures you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety. This message will be updated by 8pm this evening, 06/03/20, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 6 Mar 2020 09:42
River Medway
River levels are continuing to rise as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property is expected to continue. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for riverside properties in Wateringbury, particularly around Bow Bridge. No further rainfall is forecast until Sunday. We expect river levels to rise until 8pm on 06/03/20. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are out on the ground and liaising with emergency services and our partners. Please activate any property flood protection measures you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety. This message will be updated by 5pm this afternoon, 06/03/20, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 5 Mar 2020 22:50
River Medway
River levels are rising on the River Medway as a result of persistent heavy rainfall during the day on Thursday 5 March 2020. Flooding of property is possible between 2am and 6am which will continue into Friday 6 March 2020. Flooding for riverside properties in Wateringbury, particularly around Bow Bridge is likely. We currently expect river levels to peak during Friday afternoon or early evening, 6 March 2020. We do not currently expect levels to be greater than those seen in December 2019. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are liaising with emergency services and our partners and checking our defences and structures. We will review the situation overnight and update this by 9am tomorrow morning, Friday 6 March 2020, or as the situation changes.