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This is an archived message. The status has changed more recently.
Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels are rising at the Whalley Weir river gauge as a result of persistent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is possible between 14:30 and 19:00 today, 29/09/19. Areas at risk include King Street south of Accrington Road, Princess Street, Queen Street, and in the vicinity of the Abbey, Judge Walmsley Mill, and Hackings Caravan Park.
We expect river levels to remain high until at least 19:00 on 29/09/19.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are clearing weed screens.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses.
This message will be updated this evening, 29/09/19, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 1:42pm, Sunday 29th September 2019.
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King Street south of Accrington Road, Princess St, Queen St, and in the vicinity of the Abbey, Judge Walmsley Mill, and Hackings Caravan Park
Region: Cumbria and Lancashire
Country: England
Counties covered: Lancashire
Watercourses covered: River Calder
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Calder at Whalley, between Accrington Rd, Judge Walmsley Mill and Hackings Caravan Park.
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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