River levels are rising at the Buildwas river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of roads and farmland is expected. We expect flooding to affect low lying land and roads adjacent to the river from Shrewsbury to Upper Arley.
Locations that may be affected are Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge and Bridgnorth. Floodplain at Leighton starts to fill.
Peaks:- Crew Green peaked at 4.83m on 29/03/24,
Predicted Peaks:- Montford 4.0m to 4.1m Friday morning 29/03/24,
Welshbridge 2.2m to 2.3m Friday morning 29/03/24,
Buildwas 3.6m to 3.7m Friday afternoon 29/03/24,
Bridgnorth 3.0m to 3.2m Saturday morning 30/03/24.
Further showers are forecast today 29/03/24. We expect river levels to remain high until Sunday 31/03/24. We are closely monitoring the situation.
Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated by 5pm on Friday 29/03/24, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 8:29am, Friday 29th March.
River Severn in Shropshire
Region: West Midlands
Country: England
Counties covered: Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, 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 in Shropshire.
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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