At Romsey and Testwood, levels in the River Test are high but stable. In the last 48 hours, over 27 mm of rain was recorded at Romsey. Currently (29/03/2024) there remains a significant amount of water flooding land and fields from Timsbury to Romsey. Some footpath flooding may be affecting Rivermead Close and the Memorial Park. At Romsey Industrial estate, water may be ponded on land near to Greatbridge Road. Land at Broadlands and Testwood will also be in flood. Scattered showers are forecast today (29/03/2024) but will not produce significant amounts of rainfall. The forecast for the rest of the weekend is to be fairly dry. While water levels in the river will begin to reduce, they will remain higher than normal over the next few weeks. We are managing sluices to balance water levels through the town. We recommend private sluice owners undertake regular sluice operation. Flooded land at Testwood may require livestock to be moved. This Flood Alert will be updated by 18:00 on 30/03/2024.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 1:54pm, Friday 29th 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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