Flood Warning: Upper Ouse

Message Last Updated:
2025-01-29 16:01:00

Severity Last Changed:
2025-01-26 17:33:00

The River Ouse has now fallen to near normal levels in all communities. Another period of rain is forecast on Wednesday afternoon and evening (29/01/2025). There remains uncertainty in the rainfall amounts and locations, but the most likely scenario is for a very small river rise. The river should peak at a lower level than on Monday. Only scattered showers are forecast on Thursday (30/01/2025) and through to the weekend. River levels should begin to fall from 08:00 on Thursday morning (30/01/2025) near Ardingly and from 21:00 on Thursday evening (30/01/2025) near Barcombe. River levels should return near to normal by the weekend. Plan to avoid driving through routes vulnerable to flooding, including Barcombe Mills Road. We are operating our structures at Pimms Lock and Barcombe to help keep the river flowing freely and reduce flood risk. We will update this message by 14:00 on 30/01/2025.