Upper River Cam & Tributaries. Flood Alerts from Blackford River Level Gauge.

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This community channel is for River Cam Flood Alerts based on new River Level gauge at Blackford Bridge (installed Jan 2024), BA22 7EE. Relevant alerts will be broadcast from other gauges (such as Yarlington & North Cadbury) on ad-hoc basis. Alerts are issued on rising levels at Blackford Bridge: AMBER 0.60m RED 0.94m No alerts are issued for falling levels. "Normal" river levels around: Summer: 0.20m Winter: 0.30m Historical Min/max (from new gauge) 6.2.24 0.16m 30.09.24 0.95m Red Alerts 2024: 1 2025: Est all time Min/max Low: 0.10m? High: 1.35m? 9th May 2023 Alerts are an indicator of potential flooding but every event will be different according to intensity of rainfall, ground saturation and other factors. River Cam catchment includes: Blackford, Compton Pauncefoot, Galhampton, Ilchester, Maperton, North Cadbury, Podimore, South Cadbury, Sparkford, Queen Camel, West Camel, Woolston, Yarlington etc Alerts likely to be useful downstream e.g. Marston Magna, Mudford catchment of River Cam/Yeo. River Cam flows into Yeo then Parrett. Shepton Montague, Pitcombe/Hadspen area flows into River Pitt & onwards into Brue then joins Parrett. Holton & Wincanton area flows into River Cale & onwards into Stour & English Channel. To avoid excessive messages members/followers may not use this channel for general chat. You can react to a message with an emoji! e.g. 👍🤞😱 😟😰 Feel free to share this channel link with friends and family. We do NOT gather any information (names, tel number etc) about you & other members cannot see you unless you are already a contact Follow the Upper River Cam & Tributaries. Flood Alerts from Blackford River Level Gauge. WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDbh9KCXC3GHj3iAv3t or https://tinyurl.com/BlackfordAlerts We welcome comments or feedback. An Emergency Preparedness document available on request Free app with alerts: RiverApp https://www.riverapp.net/en This service is provided as a free service and aid to you without warranty, guarantees or liability