This flood alert has been issued as river levels are forecast to rise as a result of heavy rainfall on Tuesday 19/01/2021. Consequently, flooding of roads and farmland is possible today from this afternoon, 19/01/2021. Areas most at risk are low lying land and roads. Please be aware that persistent and heavy rain is forecast until early Thursday 21/01/2021. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring the forecast. Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and do not walk or drive through flood water. This message will be updated this evening, 19/01/2021, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 2:00pm, Tuesday 19th January.
The Upper River Nidd and tributaries downstream to Walshford at the A1
Counties covered: North Yorkshire
Watercourses covered: River Nidd
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Upper River Nidd.
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 risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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