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Flooding expected. Take action now.
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
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 10:05pm, Thursday 4th January 2024.
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Warning no longer in force
Fri 5 Jan 2024, 9:38am
Flood warning
Thu 4 Jan 2024, 10:05pm
The River Adur West Branch, at Coolham and Shipley
Region: Solent and South Downs
Country: England
Counties covered: West Sussex
Watercourses covered: Adur
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Coolham and Shipley on the River Adur.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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