Flood Warning Info - Coolham and Shipley on the River Adur

Coolham and Shipley on the River Adur

The River Adur West Branch, at Coolham and Shipley.

This is a Flood Warning Area. For this area, you may receive Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings.

Current Flood Warning Status

No current warning

Area Covered by this Flood Warning

The red highlighted area on the map below outlines the area covered by this Flood Warning.

Flood Warning History

Number of historic Flood Warnings that have previously been recorded for this area.

Historical Flood Warnings for this Area

Flood Warning

Flood Warning issued on 4 Jan 2024 22:05

Adur

The River Adur is high and rising. 25mm of rain has been recorded in only a few hours at Itchingfield on Thursday, which is a lot in a short period of time. From 22:30 04/01/2024 flooding is expected to affect property at Slaughter Bridge on the Coolham road, as well as isolated farm buildings, fields and rural roads between Coolham and Henfield. It is possible water may approach gardens of Church Close, Shipley. Another 5mm of rain is expected through the early hours of Friday morning. Then very little rain is expected Friday daytime through to next week. The river should begin to fall by 06:00 05/01/2024, but will be higher than normal until Saturday. Some roads, including the Coolham road at Slaughter Bridge, may become impassable, please plan to avoid driving through routes vulnerable to flooding. We continue to monitor the levels and forecast. We will update this message by 15:00 05/01/2024