There are flood warnings within 5 miles of this measuring station

River Piddle level at South House

Latest at 4:30am on 5 February

Height: 0.46m
Trend: Rising
State: Normal

Normal range 0.08m to 0.63m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

1.04m: Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (12 December 2000)
0.63m: Top of normal range
0.60m: Flood warning issued: River Piddle from Alton Pancras to Wareham; Property flooding is possible above this level
0.46m: Latest level
0.40m (level exceeded): Low-lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued.

Flooding might not happen again at the same historical levels. This may be because flood management schemes are now in place.

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