There are flood warnings within 5 miles of this measuring station

River Piddle level at Briantspuddle

Latest at 1:00pm on 31 January

Height: 0.72m
Trend: Steady
State: High

Normal range 0.17m to 0.61m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

0.78m: Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (13 December 2000)
0.72m: Latest level
0.70m (level exceeded): Flood warning issued: River Piddle from Alton Pancras to Wareham; Property flooding is possible above this level
0.61m (level exceeded): Top of normal range
0.55m (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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