There are flood warnings within 5 miles of this measuring station

River Piddle level at Briantspuddle

Latest at 10:00pm on 25 January

Height: 0.69m
Trend: Rising
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)
0.70m: Flood warning issued: River Piddle from Alton Pancras to Wareham; Property flooding is possible above this level
0.69m: Latest 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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