River Aire at Esholt Flood warning 9:50am, Sunday 20th February 2022

Flood warning

River levels have risen as a result of persistent (heavy) rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads is possible from around 9:45 am onwards today, 20/02/2022. We expect river levels to remain high throughout today. Areas most at risk are Esholt and Apperley Bridge.
We expect river levels to rise until around 10 pm tonight, 20/02/2022.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring the forecast on a 24 hour basis.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and put your flood plan into action.
This message will be updated by 6:50 pm on 20/02/22, or as the situation changes.

Information supplied by the Environment Agency

This information last updated 9:50am, Sunday 20th February 2022.

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Flood Warning Area Details

Esholt including Esholt Lane, Cuncliffe Lane Chapel Lane to Esholt Waste Water Treatment Works and along Guiseley Beck and Gill Beck.

Region: Yorkshire

Country: England

Counties covered: Bradford, Leeds

Watercourses covered: River Aire

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Aire at Esholt.

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).