River levels are forecast to rise at the Butts Bridge river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of roads and farmland is expected between 20:00 and 22:00 today, 28/02/20. Flooding is expected to affect low lying land and roads to the River Lugg north of Leominster. Locations that may be affected include Yarpole, Mortimers Cross, Kingsland and the B4362. Further heavy rainfall is forecast over the next 12 hours. We expect river levels to remain high until 16:00 on 29/02/20. We are closely monitoring the situation. Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses. This message will be updated by 2am on 28/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 6:26pm, Friday 28th February.
River Lugg North of Leominster
Region: Midlands
Counties covered: Herefordshire, Powys, Worcestershire
Watercourses covered: River Lugg
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Lugg North of Leominster.
Icons on the map show nearby level monitoring stations. They are not necessarily related to this particular flood warning 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 fisk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
