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Paull

Name: Paull River Level Data
Creator: FloodRadar

North Sea 🌊 Tidal

Hull and East Riding catchment • Paull • East Riding of Yorkshire • ID: L3320 • Level

This gauge is tidally influenced — levels rise and fall with each tide, so rapid changes here are normal and don't necessarily indicate flooding.

10:15 (42m ago) • 3 readings/hr • 190 views

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↗ Rising fastTriggers when it's climbing more than 0.10 m/hr. ✓ 🚱 Sewage nearbyA storm overflow starts discharging within ~3 km. ✓

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Current Level

1.691 mAOD

▬ Steady

24h Max

3.424 mAOD

24h Min

1.688 mAOD

Typical Range

Highest Recorded

5.70 mAOD

EA official record

5.70 in our data (since Apr 1997)

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Recent Water Levels

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Flood predictions aren't generated for tidal gauges — their levels are driven by the tide, not by catchment rainfall, so the forecast models would have no skill here.

Recent Readings

Falling · -67 cm over 6h

10 Sep 10:15 ▬ steady 1.691 mAOD

10 Sep 10:00 ▬ steady 1.692 mAOD

10 Sep 09:30 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.691 mAOD

10 Sep 09:15 ▼ -0.1 cm 1.690 mAOD

10 Sep 09:00 ▲ +0.1 cm 1.691 mAOD

10 Sep 08:45 ▬ steady 1.690 mAOD

10 Sep 08:30 ▼▼ -30 cm 1.690 mAOD

10 Sep 08:00 ▼▼ -29 cm 1.994 mAOD

10 Sep 07:45 ▼▼ -29 cm 2.283 mAOD

10 Sep 07:30 ▼▼ -50 cm 2.574 mAOD

10 Sep 07:00 ▼▼ -19 cm 3.078 mAOD

10 Sep 06:45 ▼▼ -13 cm 3.267 mAOD

10 Sep 06:30 ▼ -3 cm 3.396 mAOD

10 Sep 06:15 ▲ +6 cm 3.424 mAOD

10 Sep 05:45 ▲▲ +13 cm 3.360 mAOD

10 Sep 05:30 ▲▲ +16 cm 3.235 mAOD

10 Sep 05:15 ▲▲ +20 cm 3.072 mAOD

10 Sep 05:00 ▲▲ +24 cm 2.875 mAOD

10 Sep 04:45 ▲▲ +28 cm 2.639 mAOD

10 Sep 04:30 2.359 mAOD

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Flood history near this gauge

Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2007 for the 15 flood areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.6 km away).

1severe warning 23flood warnings 144flood alerts

Most recent flood warning: 6 Jan 2025 — Westlands Drain at Hedon

Year by year

Year	Severe	Warnings	Alerts
2026	0	0	8
2025	0	1	7
2024	0	4	14
2023	0	0	14
2022	0	0	2
2021	0	2	6
2020	0	3	14
2019	0	2	13
2018	0	2	13
2017	0	2	22
2016	0	0	4
2015	0	0	3
2014	0	1	7
2013	1	6	4
2012	0	0	4
2011	0	0	1
2010	0	0	1
2008	0	0	2
2007	0	0	5

Warnings apply to a whole flood area, not necessarily this exact spot. Years before 2006 aren't covered by the EA's historic record. See also the Paull flood history.

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Station Details

Monitoring Station: Paull
Watercourse: North Sea
Nearest Town: Paull
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Coordinates: 53°43'13"N 0°14'9"W (53.720373, -0.235726)
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Date Opened: 23 Apr 1997
Status: Active
Station Type: Tidal / coastal station

Station Reference: L3320
EA Gauge ID: L3320-level-stage-i-15_min-mAOD
Parameter: Level
Unit: mAOD
Typical rise rate: 118 cm/hr (p95 sustained over 90 days)
Typical data delay: ~22 min (measured reading→publication lag)
Tidal: 🌊 Yes — levels follow the tide
Lock / structure: No
Catchment Area: Hull and East Riding
EA Cross-check: 1.69 mAOD (EA at 10 Sep 10:15)

Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the North Sea at Paull flooding today?

The latest recorded level is 1.69m. Compare it with the recent history on the chart above to judge whether levels are unusually high.

Is the river level rising or falling at Paull?

Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 12 hours of measurements by default (up to 7 days), updated roughly every 15 minutes.

How often is this river level data updated?

Readings are taken by the Environment Agency gauge roughly every 15 minutes and FloodRadar refreshes its data continuously, so the level shown is normally less than an hour old.

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