River levels remain high at the Kempsey Yacht Club river gauge as a result of recent heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is expected to continue. Flooding may be affecting properties and roads in and around Clifton and Severn Stoke. Kempsey Yacht Club peaked at 7.4m on Monday, 17/02/20. We expect river levels to remain high for the next few days. A predicted peak at Saxons Lode river gauge of between 5.5 to 5.7 m is expected this afternoon, Wednesday 19/02/20. Further rainfall is expected over the next few days. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences. This message will be updated by 5pm on Wednesday, 19/02/20, or as the situation changes.
This information last updated 7:31am, Wednesday 19th February.
River Severn at Clifton and Severn Stoke including Clevelode
Region: Midlands
Counties covered: Worcestershire
Watercourses covered: River Severn
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Severn at Clifton and Severn Stoke.
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).
