Flood Warning Info - Whetstone Brook at Whetstone
Area Description
Whetstone Brook at Whetstone including areas around Dicken Bridge and Dog and Gun Lane.
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
Number of historic Flood Warnings that have previously been recorded for this area:
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Historical Flood Warnings for this Area
Flood Warning issued on 27 Sep 2024 00:14
Whetstone Brook
River levels are rising at the Whetstone river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding (of property) is imminent. Areas most at risk are Whetstone, including the Dicken Bridge, Brook Street, Wright Close, and Otter Way.
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 12 hours.
We are closely monitoring the situation.
Please move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety and move family, pets and cars to safety.
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This message will be updated by 08:00 on 27/09/24, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 2 Jan 2024 16:32
Whetstone Brook
River levels are rising at the Whetstone river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding is imminent. Areas most at risk are Whetstone, including the Dicken Bridge, Brook Street, Wright Close, and Otter Way.
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours. We expect river levels to remain high until tomorrow morning, 03/01/24.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are patrolling watercourses in the area.
Please avoid contact with flood water and move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety.
This message will be updated by tomorrow morning, 03/01/24, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 16 Feb 2020 10:12
Whetstone Brook
River levels are rising at the Whetstone river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property is possible. Areas most at risk are Whetstone, including the Dicken Bridge, Brook Street, Wright Close, and Otter Way.
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours.
We are closely monitoring the situation.
Please avoid contact with flood water and move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety.
This message will be updated this afternoon, 16/02/20, or as the situation changes.