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This is an archived message. The status has changed more recently.
Flooding expected. Take action now.
River levels are rising at the Barnard Castle river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is possible between 15:30 and 20:30 today, 20/02/2022. Areas most at risk are Properties around Lartington Lane including Flaxfield, The Sills including Ullathorne Rise and Teesdale Road, Bridgegate, Thorngate including Thorngate Place and Thorngate Wynd, The Lendings, River View Park and Abbey Lane.
Further rainfall is expected and we expect river levels to remain high for the rest of the day before falling overnight into Monday morning.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are continuing to clear trash screens in the area.
Please move possession and valuables off the ground or to safety and move family, pets and cars to safety.
This message will be updated by 21:00 on 20/02/2022 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 2:01pm, Sunday 20th February 2022.
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Warning no longer in force
Sun 20 Feb 2022, 9:43pm
Flood warning
Sun 20 Feb 2022, 6:06pm
Flood warning
Sun 20 Feb 2022, 2:01pm
Properties at Deepdale Gardens, Bridge End Flats along The Sills including White Swan Cottage, Banners Mill and Thorngate, including Thorngate Wynd and Thorngate Place
Region: North East
Country: England
Counties covered: County Durham
Watercourses covered: River Tees
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Tees at Barnard Castle.
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).
There are no other flood warning locations near this area