15 Apr 2026 at 10:07am
Warning No Longer in Force
Groundwater levels are now returning to normal. We do not expect further flooding and the flood alert has been removed.
Rivers and streams remain full due to high groundwater levels and will react rapidly to further rainfall.
We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts...
6 Apr 2026 at 12:15pm
Flood Alert
A Groundwater Flood Alert remains in place for the West of Dorset. Levels are still slowly dropping but remain high and are over the Flood Alert thresholds. The Groundwater level at Kingston Russell was 114.28 metres earlier this morning, 6th April 2026, and property flooding is possible when it goe...
30 Mar 2026 at 11:46am
Flood Alert
A Groundwater Flood Alert remains in place for the West of Dorset. Levels are slowly starting to drop but remain high and are over the Flood Alert thresholds. The Groundwater level at Kingston Russell was 115.47 metres earlier this morning, 30th March 2026, and property flooding is possible when it...
23 Mar 2026 at 2:04pm
Flood Alert
Groundwater levels in the West Dorset area have begun to slowly recede, but remain over the flood alert thresholds. Flooding of fields and roads is still possible. Groundwater levels remain responsive to further rainfall. Where groundwater is near the surface, intense rainfall will lead to surface w...
16 Mar 2026 at 2:58pm
Flood Alert
Groundwater levels in the West Dorset area have begun to slowly recede, but remain over the flood alert thresholds. Flooding of fields and roads is still possible. Groundwater levels remain responsive to further rainfall. Where groundwater is near the surface, intense rainfall will lead to surface w...
9 Mar 2026 at 8:42am
Flood Alert
Groundwater levels in the West Dorset area have begun to slowly recede, but remain over the flood alert thresholds. Flooding of fields and roads is still possible. Groundwater levels remain responsive to further rainfall. Where groundwater is near the surface, intense rainfall will lead to surface w...
2 Mar 2026 at 10:25am
Flood Alert
Groundwater levels in the West Dorset area have begun to plateau, but remain over the flood alert thresholds. Flooding of fields and roads is still possible. The start of this week sees brighter and drier weather, but further rainfall is forecast from Thursday, which could see levels rise again. Whe...
23 Feb 2026 at 4:11pm
Flood Alert
Groundwater levels in the West Dorset area have begun to plateau, but remain over the flood alert thresholds. Flooding of fields and roads is still possible. The start of this week sees brighter and drier weather, but further rainfall is forecast from Thursday, which could see levels rise again. Wh...
10 Dec 2025 at 3:46pm
Flood Alert
7 Mar 2025 at 12:14pm
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27 Jan 2025 at 1:52pm
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27 Nov 2024 at 4:19pm
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19 Oct 2024 at 7:32am
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20 Feb 2024 at 11:55am
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2 Jan 2024 at 11:44am
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8 Dec 2023 at 10:02am
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15 Nov 2023 at 4:27pm
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3 Nov 2023 at 4:04pm
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1 Jan 2023 at 10:10am
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3 Feb 2021 at 10:43am
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23 Dec 2020 at 1:24pm
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16 Feb 2020 at 9:59am
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11 Dec 2019 at 10:01am
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26 Nov 2019 at 5:41pm
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22 Nov 2019 at 6:40pm
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3 Apr 2018 at 10:04am
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4 Jan 2016 at 11:08am
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28 Feb 2014 at 12:00pm
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26 Dec 2013 at 1:53pm
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21 Dec 2012 at 10:25am
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9 Nov 2012 at 5:22pm
Flood Alert
9 Jul 2012 at 3:52pm
Flood Alert
