There is a flood warning within 5 miles of this measuring station

River Waveney level at Oulton Broad

Latest at 4:30am on 23 December

• Height: 1.37m
• Trend: Rising
• State: High

Normal range -0.23m to 1.31m

Height in metres over the last 5 days

Levels that are very low or below zero are normal for some stations.

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How levels here could affect nearby areas

• 1.81m:
  Water reaches the highest level recorded at this measuring station (9 November 2007)
• 1.50m:
  Flood warning issued: Isolated low lying properties along the tidal River Waveney
• 1.50m:
  Property flooding is possible above this level
• 1.37m:
  Latest level
• 1.31m:
  Top of normal range
• 1.25m:
  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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