River levels are high but steady at the Crew Green, Welsh Bridge, Montford & Buildwas river gauges as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of roads & farmland is possible. Flooding is affecting low lying land & roads adjacent to the river from Shrewsbury to Upper Arley. Other locations that may be affected include White Abbey, Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge & Bridgnorth. River Severn is bankfull at White Abbey. Gravel Hill Lane in Shrewsbury starts to flood. Predicted Peaks:- Crew Green peaked at 5.9m Saturday 14/12/19, Montford Bridge has peaked at 5.4m this morning 15/12/2019, Welshbridge 2.9m to 3.0m Sunday morning 15/12/19, Buildwas 3.9m to 4.2m Monday afternoon 16/12/19. Further rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours. We expect river levels to remain high for the next few days. We are closely monitoring the situation. Please avoid contact with flood water. This message will be updated by 5pm on Sunday 15/12/19, or as the situation changes.
This information last updated 8:13am, Sunday 15th December.
River Severn in Shropshire
Region: Midlands
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.
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).
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