Lambourn Valley Dashboard

Flood warnings and alerts for the local catchments. Click the warning/alert for more information.

Orange = EA trigger Flood Alert, Red = Flood Warning.

River gauges (cm) and Groundwater (m). Also Eastbury downstream.

Data from the Environment Agency

Data from the Environment Agency

Data from the Environment Agency

Total rainfall each month, with historical averages

Lambourn rain (Maddle Farm) stats compiled since 1995, Chieveley since 2003

Gauge	Latest Level (m)	Historic lowest (m)	Historic highest (m)	% of historic range
Great Shefford	105.692	105.20	106.67	33.4
Northfield Farm	107.035	105.48	111.70	25.0
Chapel Wood	105.627	102.30	114.47	27.3
Bockhampton	119.232	116.21	121.46	57.6
Longacre B	127.624	123.05	144.41	21.4
Gibbet Cottage	111.131	104.52	133.57	22.8

Alert	Definition	Action
1	River levels are rising	Monitoring and Forecasting Duty Officer starts monitoring
2	River levels are at bankfull	Flood Alerts issued (for whole length of the river) if forecast is for this level to be exceeded.
3	River levels are getting near to flood warning	Consider issuing a Flood Warning (for just the Warning Area associated with the relevant gauge)
4	River level is at property level (first to Flood in Warning Area)	Flood Warning issued (for just the Warning Area associated with the relevant gauge) if forecast is for this level to be exceeded.

Type	What it means	Who should pay attention
Severe Flood Warning	Severe flooding. Danger to life.	People living in or near flood risk areas, emergency responders
Flood Warning	Flooding of Properties is expected.	People living in flood risk areas.
Flood Alert	Flooding of fields, minor roads is possible.	Flood wardens, farmers
Warnings Ended	No further flooding is expected.