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This is an archived message. The status has changed more recently.
Flooding expected. Take action now.
Rising river levels are expected to cause flooding throughout the afternoon.
Flooding is expected when river levels are at their highest from 3:00 PM on 18/10/2024.
Flooding is forecast to affect locations near the Pumped Watercourses at Preesall, with low lying land and roads expected to be most affected, particularly around land drained by the pumped watercourses in Preesall including properties contained by Pilling Lane, Green Dick's Lane, Head Dyke Lane and Lancaster Road and those accessed from Grasmere Road.
Weather conditions are expected to improve overnight and no further flooding is expected.
We are deploying pumps, people and equipment and monitoring rainfall and river levels.
Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water.
Avoid using low lying footpaths and any bridges near local watercourses.
This message will be updated by 8:30 PM on 18/10/2024, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 1:06pm, Friday 18th October 2024.
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Warning no longer in force
Sat 19 Oct 2024, 7:24am
Flood warning
Fri 18 Oct 2024, 1:06pm
Warning no longer in force
Fri 24 Nov 2017, 4:19pm
Flood Warning
Fri 24 Nov 2017, 3:32pm
Flood Warning
Thu 23 Nov 2017, 5:57pm
Flood Warning
Thu 23 Nov 2017, 9:53am
Flood Warning
Wed 22 Nov 2017, 8:11pm
Land drained by the pumped watercourses in Preesall including properties contained by Pilling Lane, Green Dick's Lane, Head Dyke Lane and the Lancaster Road and those accessed from Grasmere Road
Region: Cumbria and Lancashire
Country: England
Counties covered: Lancashire
Watercourses covered: Cocker's Dyke, Middle Dyke, Wheelfoot Watercourse
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Pumped Watercourses at Preesall.
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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