River Lud level at Louth

Latest at 5:15am on 8 November

Normal range 0.06m to 0.40m

We take measurements more often as the risk of flooding increases.

1.17m: Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (25 June 2007)
0.76m: Property flooding is possible above this level
0.65m: Historical event: Flooding at Orford Beck at Hatcliffe; Historical event: Flooding at Waithe Beck through Ashby-cum-Fenby; Historical event: Flooding from A16 to railway bridge; Historical event: Flooding of Lud upstream of Bridge Street
0.40m: Top of normal range. Low lying land flooding possible above this level. One or more flood alerts may be issued
0.08m: Latest level

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