FLOOD ALERT 19.10.24

AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED AT 06.00am on 19/10/2024
RIVER LEVEL currently 0.61m and RISING
FORECAST is little further rain today. Further rain is forecast for Sunday.

Informal View
Vicinity of Blackford & Upper Cam: not currently expected to see significant flooding from River and/or Runoff*

Downstream River Cam & River Yeo: may see flooding from River and/or Runoff*

Alerts are currently triggered at:
AMBER 0.60m
RED 0.94m
Levels will be adjusted on the basis of experience in the coming weeks and months.

Alerts are an indicator of flooding but every event will be different according to intensity of rainfall, ground saturation and other factors.

The main way we share alerts is via WhatsApp:
Follow the Upper River Cam & Tributaries. Flood Alerts from Blackford River Level Gauge. channel on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDbh9KCXC3GHj3iAv3t
Remember to click “follow” to get future alerts.
We do not record or share names or telephone numbers.
Chat is disabled so you will only receive alerts with no unwanted “noise:

You should take appropriate action – refer to our Emergency Preparedness document

* You should make your own assessment and check with official sources including Environment Agency, MetOffice, Somerset Council

There is an excellent app that offers automated, self-subscribed alerts that is free to use.
RiverApp
https://www.riverapp.net/en
Blackford Gauge data is available
It has a Premium version at a small cost that has extra features.

There is a second App – PegelAlarm https://earlyfloodalert.com/en/
who I’m in touch with to see if they’ll add our Blackford and other River Cam gauges

New Environment Agency website with live & historic river & rainfall levels in Somerset:
https://cfh.aquaticinformatics.net/AQWebPortal
or
https://tinyurl.com/SomersetGauges

Preparedness PDF:
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