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Current Level
0.111 mASD
▬ Steady
24h Max
0.122 mASD
24h Min
0.103 mASD
Typical Range
0.12 - 0.49
mASD
Highest Recorded
3.22 mASD
EA official record
1.59 in our data (since Jan 1978)
Current level is 3% of this
🚽Sewage overflows nearby
Recent Water Levels
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Prediction V2
Prediction Eris
Nimbus beta
Experimental model fusing soil moisture, river flow, groundwater and catchment
character. Shown with its calibrated 10–90% confidence band. Under evaluation —
not yet promoted, so treat as a second opinion.
Long Term
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Consecutive rainy days0 → 10+
Days Above Normal
This year vs 5-year monthly range
Recent Readings
Rising · +0.3 cm over 7h
24 Aug 00:15▬ steady0.111 mASD
24 Aug 00:00▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 23:45▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 23:30▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 23:00▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 22:45▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 21:30▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 21:15▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 21:00▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 20:45▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 20:30▬ steady0.111 mASD
23 Aug 20:15▲ +0.1 cm0.111 mASD
23 Aug 19:45▬ steady0.110 mASD
23 Aug 19:30▲ +0.1 cm0.110 mASD
23 Aug 19:15▬ steady0.109 mASD
23 Aug 19:00▬ steady0.109 mASD
23 Aug 18:45▬ steady0.109 mASD
23 Aug 18:30▲ +0.1 cm0.109 mASD
23 Aug 18:15▬ steady0.108 mASD
23 Aug 17:450.108 mASD
Rainfall & Weather
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Flood history near this gauge
Official Environment Agency warnings issued since 2008 for the 13 flood
areas linked to this gauge (nearest 0.2 km away).
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 Broom flood history.
Geographic coordinates may reflect the access point for the gauge, and not the precise location in the watercourse that it is taking readings from.
Catchment Character
🌊 Fairly flashyResponds fairly quickly to rain, with moderate baseflow between events.
Your catchment is all the land that drains rainfall into the river above this gauge. Its character — how
steep, wet, wooded, urban or chalky that land is — decides how fast rain here turns into a rising river. A steep, bare or clay
catchment is “flashy” (rises and falls quickly, floods easily); a flat, chalk or well-wooded one is
slow and steady. The tiles below put numbers to that; the flow-duration curve reads left-to-right
from the river’s typical high flows (Q5) down to its low flows (Q95) — a steep curve means a flashy river.
The physical character of the land that drains to this gauge, and how it shapes its flood response — from the National River Flow Archive (UKCEH).
Baseflow Index
0.37
mixed response
Avg Annual Rainfall
744 mm/yr
1991–2020 · +7% since 1941–70
Urban Extent
4.4%
partly urbanised
Median Annual Flood
63.52 m³/s
QMED — typical yearly peak flow
Highest Recorded Flow
150 m³/s
20 Jul 2007
Flow-Duration Curve
Daily flow (m³/s) exceeded each % of the time — a steep curve is flashy, a flat one is steady. Q5 high · Q50 median · Q95 low.
Crump profile weir opened in 1976 to replace Broom (54907) and provide higher containment capacity than old site.
More detail
The catchment
Low relief, predominantly agricultural catchment upon Mercia Mudstone, with small glacial gravel deposits in the eastern headwaters. Responsive; sewage effluent maintains low flows. Contains Redditch and Alcester.
The station
Opened in 1976 and replaced Broom (Old) (54907). Crump profile weir (12m) with a higher containment capacity than old site - high wing walls (1.7m) and banks.
How it measures flow
Multiple peak flow ratings applied across period of record, with upper limbs derived from gaugings. Up to 1976 rated section; not rated above bankfull when extensive inundation. In-channel weed growth prevelant immediately upstream of weir. Weed not currently managed however this is being considered for future years. Work planned in 2026-27 to carry out in-channel works. Part of the right bank has been eroded creating an Island in the centre of the river downstream of the weir, affecting the accurate recording of high river flows.
Flow regime
Sewage effluent maintains low flows. Groundwater pumping for PWS significantly augments low flow through effluent returns. Responsive catchment.
The flow record
July 2007 high flows likely to be overestimated, flows beyond capacity of measuring structure. Flows reprocessed for period 01/03/1995 to 01/01/2011 following review of rating in 2011. Full period of record peak flow data reviewed and released in September 2020 (WINFAP Files v9). Rating reviewed in 2022 and data reprocessed for the full period of record.
How this gauging station is built and how long it has measured (NRFA / UKCEH).
Gauge type
Crump weir
Operating since
1957
Station datum
29.8 mAOD
Flow record
1957–2024 · 67 yrs · 100% complete
Peak-flow record
since 1977
Hydrometric area
54
Measured by
Environment Agency
Nearby Groundwater
Soil Moisture
Possible storm-overflow correlation
🚽 Storm overflows on this river
Frequently asked questions
Is the River Arrow at Broom flooding today?
The current level is 0.11m, which is below the typical range. Flooding is very unlikely at this level.
Is the river level rising or falling at Broom?
Based on the most recent readings, the level is currently steady. The chart above shows the last 7 days of measurements, updated roughly every 15 minutes.
What is a normal level for the River Arrow at Broom?
The typical range at this station is 0.12m to 0.49m, based on Environment Agency historical data. Levels above 0.49m are higher than usually seen and may indicate a flood risk.
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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📮 Flood risk by postcode near this gauge
Postcodes within 5 km with properties in the Environment Agency’s rivers-and-sea flood-risk bands:
22 Dec 2014 Weir
1984 Looking upstream to station
Looking upstream to weir from rightbank.
Looking downstream towards station from left bank
