South East Somerset Rivers, Upper Reaches

Flood Alert

This flood alert remains in place due to the water level in Sherborne Lake on the River Yeo, which is above alert level after yesterday’s heavy rain. Being a wide body of water, the lake level tends to rise more slowly and stay above alert level for longer as it continues to gather yesterday’s rainwater from the wet soils. The levels elsewhere, on the River Cam, the River Wriggle, and the River Yeo at Pen Mill, have fallen well below alert level, although they remain a little higher than normal. A band of heavy showers is currently passing through and is forecast to continue until about 17:30 today, Sunday 16/12/2018. This is likely to cause the rivers to rise again, though not as much as yesterday. There may be a risk of some localised flooding of low lying land and roads later today. After a showery afternoon tomorrow, Monday, a further band of heavy rain is forecast for Tuesday, 18/12/2018. We will continue to monitor the situation and update this message tomorrow.

This information last updated 3:18pm, Sunday 16th December.

Flood Warning Area Details

River Yeo from Sherborne to Yeovil, River Wriggle, Barwick Stream, West Coker Stream and the River Cam

Region: South West

Counties covered: Dorset, Somerset

Watercourses covered: River Yeo, River Cam, River Wriggle, Barwick Stream, West Coker Stream

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for South East Somerset Rivers, Upper Reaches.

Icons on the map show nearby level monitoring stations. They are not necessarily related to this particular flood warning area.