A flood alert remains in force. At Romsey and Testwood, levels in the River Test are high but stable. Water may continue to flood land from Timsbury to Romsey. At Romsey Industrial Estate, water may be ponded on land near to Greatbridge Road. Land at Broadlands and Testwood may continue to flood. In the last 48 hours, there has been 0.26mm of rainfall recorded in Romsey, and 7mm at Testwood. The forecast for today (09/03/2024) is for scattered showers, which may bring 2-6mm of rainfall. Sunday (10/03/2024) is forecast to bring 5-10mm of widespread rainfall, and potentially some heavier isolated totals (15-20mm). Given the saturated catchment conditions, the River Test and its tributaries will respond to further rainfall. Flood impacts to low lying land between Romsey and Testwood may remain over the next 2 to 3 weeks. We are managing sluices to balance water levels through Romsey. We recommend private sluice owners undertake regular sluice operations. Flooded land at Testwood may require livestock to be moved. This Flood Alert will be updated by 15:00 on 10/03/2024.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 12:37pm, Saturday 9th March.
River Test and tributaries from Romsey to Totton
Region: Solent and South Downs
Country: England
Counties covered: Hampshire, Southampton
Watercourses covered: River Test
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Lower Test.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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