Groundwater levels have slowly started to recede after the recent dry weather. Levels are reactive to further rainfall.
The forecast is for heavy rainfall overnight Wednesday into Thursday which may cause groundwater to rise again.
Flooding of roads and fields is possible. Where groundwater is near the surface, intense rainfall will lead to surface water flooding.
Residents are advised to prepare property resilience measures and ensure that pumps are working where they have been installed. We will continue to monitor the situation closely.
This message will be updated by 3 PM on 24/12/2024, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 10:27am, Tuesday 17th December.
Bishopstone, Bourton, Breamore, Britford, Broadchalk, Burgate, Chilmark, Coombe Bissett, Downton, Farnham, Fordingbridge, Hinton St. Mary, Homington, Mere, Pimperne, Ringwood, Rockbourne, Shapwick, Sixpenny Handley, T. Gunville, T.Hinton and T.Monkto
Region: Wessex
Country: England
Counties covered: Dorset Council, Hampshire, Wiltshire
Watercourses covered: Groundwater
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Groundwater flooding in the Cranborne Chase area.
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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