Flood Warning Info - River Calder at Burnley Town Centre, around Cow Lane and St James's Street
Area Description
Properties on Hammerton Street, Cow Lane and St. James's Street.
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 9 Feb 2020 06:09
River Calder
River levels have risen at the Oxford Road river gauge as a result of Storm Ciara. Consequently, flooding of property/roads and farmland is expected around 07:00 Sunday 09/02/20 to low lying properties by the River Calder including properties on Calder Street and St. James's Street.
Further rainfall is forecast through Sunday 09/02/20 morning . We expect river levels to remain high until midday on Sunday 09/02/20
We are closely monitoring the situation, our incident room is open. Our incident response staff are checking defences and clearing weed screens.
This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 29 Sep 2019 13:08
River Calder
River levels are rising at the Oxford Road river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is possible between 13:30 and 17:30 today, 29/09/19. Areas at risk include low lying properties by the River Calder including properties on Calder Street and St. James's Street.
We expect river levels to remain high until at least 17:30 on 29/09/19.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are clearing weed screens.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses.
This message will be updated this evening, 29/09/19, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 28 Jul 2019 20:30
River Calder
River levels are forecast to rise at the Oxford Road river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding could occur between 21:00 on 28/07/19 and 03:00 on 29/07/19, but there is low confidence given the unpredictable nature of thunderstorms. Low lying properties by the River Calder including properties on Calder Street and St. James's Street.
We expect river levels to rise until 02:00 on 29/07/19.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences.
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 tomorrow morning, 29/07/19, or as the situation changes.