Flood Warning Info - River Anker at Polesworth
Area Description
River Anker at Polesworth including Bridge Street, Market Street, Grendon Road, Tamworth Road, Rowland Avenue and Pooley View.
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 7 Jan 2025 13:00
River Anker
River levels are falling at the Polesworth river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, the risk of flooding remains. We expect flooding to affect properties and roads in the Bridge Street, Market Street, Grendon Road, Tamworth Road, Rowland Avenue and Pooley View areas.
No further rainfall is forecast. We expect river levels to remain high until 16:00 on 07/01/25.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast.
Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and move family, pets, possessions, valuables and cars to safety.
This message will be updated by 20:00 on 07/01/25, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 6 Jan 2025 21:00
River Anker
River levels are high but steady at the Polesworth river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, the risk of flooding remains. We expect flooding to affect properties and roads in the Bridge Street, Market Street, Grendon Road, Tamworth Road, Rowland Avenue and Pooley View areas.
No further rainfall is forecast. We expect river levels to remain high until 08:00 on 07/01/25.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths and bridges near local watercourses and plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated by 10:00 on 07/01/25, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 6 Jan 2025 15:14
River Anker
River levels have risen at the Polesworth river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property is possible to begin between 15:45 and 17:15 today Monday, 06/01/2025. We expect flooding to affect properties and roads in the Bridge Street, Market Street, Grendon Road, Tamworth Road, Rowland Avenue and Pooley View areas.
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours. We expect river levels to rise until 21:45 today, Monday 06/01/25.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast. Please activate any property flood protection products you may have, such as flood barriers and air brick covers and move family, pets, possessions, valuables and cars to safety. Have a bag ready with vital items like medicines and insurance documents and call 999 if in immediate danger.
This message will be updated by 22:00 today, Monday 06/01/25, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 9 Feb 2024 15:56
River Anker
River levels are rising at the Polesworth gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is expected today, 09/02/24. We expect flooding to affect properties and roads in the Bridge Street, Market Street, Grendon Road, Tamworth Road, Rowland Avenue and Pooley View areas.
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 12 hours.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast.
Please call 999 if in immediate danger and avoid contact with flood water.
This message will be updated by tomorrow morning 10/02/24, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 9 Feb 2024 12:57
River Anker
River levels are rising at the Polesworth gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is expected today, 09/02/24. We expect flooding to affect properties and roads in the Bridge Street, Market Street, Grendon Road, Tamworth Road, Rowland Avenue and Pooley View areas.
Further rainfall is forecast over the next 12 hours.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast.
Please call 999 if in immediate danger and avoid contact with flood water.
This message will be updated by 21:00 on 09/02/24, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 3 Jan 2024 10:59
River Anker
River levels are high but steady at the Polesworth gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, the risk of flooding remains.
River levels are falling, but still pose a flood risk.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths and bridges near local watercourses.
This message will be updated by as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 2 Jan 2024 18:27
River Anker
River levels are rising at the Polesworth gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is possible between midnight tonight and 17:00 tomorrow, 03/01/24.
We expect river levels to rise until 10:00 tomorrow, 03/01/24.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are actively checking river levels and the weather forecast.
Please call 999 if in immediate danger and avoid contact with flood water.
This message will be updated 10:00 on 03/01/24, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 21 Oct 2023 05:13
River Anker
Flooding is expected in this area. This means properties are at risk of flooding.
Please take action to protect yourself and your property and monitor local weather and river conditions. Avoid contact with, walking or driving through flood water. Consider activating any property flood protection products you may have.
Environment Agency Flood Warning Officers set the river or tidal levels that have triggered this message. During industrial action this message has been automatically issued based on rising river or tidal levels.