Flood Warning Info - River Calder at Brighouse - Nun Bank Wood
Area Description
Nun Bank Hotel and pub and Robin Hood's Cottage on Wakefield Road.
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 1 Jan 2025 12:36
River Calder
River levels have risen rapidly as a result of persistent heavy rainfall from yesterday evening Tuesday 31 December 2024 and throughout the early morning on Wednesday 1 January 2025. River levels have peaked and are now falling, however levels remain high and consequently, flooding of property remains possible until 14:00 today. Areas most at risk include Nun Bank Hotel and pub and Robin Hood's Cottage on Wakefield Road. River levels are expected to fall throughout this afternoon and into this evening. Rainfall is expected to clear late morning and no further significant rainfall is forecast for the next couple of days. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring the forecast. Please plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded. This message will be updated by 20:30 on Wednesday 1st January 2025, or as the situation changes
Flood Warning issued on 1 Jan 2025 04:50
River Calder
River levels have risen rapidly as a result of persistent heavy rainfall from yesterday evening Tuesday 31 December 2024 and throughout the early morning on Wednesday 1 January 2025. Consequently, flooding of property is likely. We expect river levels to peak at around 8:30am today, Wednesday 01 January 2025. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring the forecast. Please plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded. This message will be updated by 13:00 on Wednesday 1st January 2025, or as the situation changes.
Flood Warning issued on 9 Feb 2020 09:30
River Calder
River levels have risen as a result of persistent heavy rainfall overnight due to Storm Ciara. A further heavy pulse of rain is causing a sharp river response so property flooding is possible over the next few hours of this morning, 09/02/20. The areas most at risk are properties in the Nun Bank Wood area.
We expect river levels to continue to rise until the early afternoon today.
We are closely monitoring the situation from our incident room. Please put your flood plan into action and see GOV.UK for a 5 day flood forecast. Please plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded, and avoid contact with flood water. We will update this message by 17:30 09/02/20, or as the situation changes.