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River Thames now officially in full flood

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Proper Job

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It's been a long time since the whole Thames had been in full flood.

 

Usually sections of it go from amber to red to amber as the water takes several days to work its way down

 

issued today by the EA:

 

The whole of the River Thames is on red boards. When red boards are displayed we advise all craft not to navigate.

 

 

 

Due to high levels and flows, most lock laybys are underwater and the following locks are inoperable:

 

 

 

Iffley Lock – planned investment winter closure

 

Abingdon Lock –planned investment winter closure

 

Whitchurch Lock – planned investment winter closure

 

Marlow Lock – planned investment winter closure

 

Old Windsor Lock – planned investment winter closure

 

Penton Hook Lock – planned investment winter closure

 

 

 

In addition to these planned closures the following locks are closed for operational reasons:

 

 

 

Rushey Lock – lock sluices open to reduce impact of flooding

 

Sandford Lock – lock sluices open to reduce impact of flooding

 

Culham Lock – water overtopping headgates

 

Shiplake Lock - water overtopping headgates

Serenity Malc Collaborator

Serenity Malc

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Yello,

 

Well I'm moored in the weir stream at Bell Weir, Runnymede ..... with 9 out of 9 gates wide open ..... my pontoon is completely submerged and even the far end of my scaffold boards temporary gang plank is submerged ! :unsure:

 

Malc. B)

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JDR

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The towpath and moorings by Tescos in Reading is underwater. Hard to judge the flow in the dark but I'd say 10mph was a fair guess.

I'll have a look at Caversham between the bridges in an hour or two.

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The section between the bridges in Reading is still a foot below the bank on the Reading side, but Caversham weir is barely visible. The downstream lock gate is open, the upstream paddles fully raised and the level in the lock is less than a foot below the river upstream. All sluices opened on the weir.Pretty tame compared to some of the pictures I've seen on this site over the last week but still worse than I've seen the Thames in the last couple of years.

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Proper Job Veteran

Proper Job

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I was chatting to a lockie last night.

 

Every thing that can be open is open. It's now up to the various flood relief schemes and defence systems

 

Even if it stops raining today, they're still expecting it to continue rising for another 2 days

 

:(

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Daftmare

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Yello,

 

Well I'm moored in the weir stream at Bell Weir, Runnymede ..... with 9 out of 9 gates wide open ..... my pontoon is completely submerged and even the far end of my scaffold boards temporary gang plank is submerged ! :unsure:

 

Malc. B)

 

 

Take care guys! x

magnetman Veteran II

magnetman

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Nice graph of the last 48 hours at Cookham lock

 

 

I'm not there but its my favourite place so I keep an eye on it :)

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/riverstation.aspx?StationId=7162&RegionId=9&AreaId=22&CatchmentId=138

Lady Muck Veteran

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I was chatting to a lockie last night.

 

Every thing that can be open is open. It's now up to the various flood relief schemes and defence systems

 

Even if it stops raining today, they're still expecting it to continue rising for another 2 days

 

:(

 

I wont be surprised if the flood relief defences top over up here on the Lee either and they are huge, deep channels. If it goes over it'll flood a housing estate.

George94 Experienced

George94

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Maidenhead Rowing Club reports higher flow rates on several occasions during the 2009/10 winter.

 

Of course, flow rates and water levels are not exactly the same thing.

blackrose Veteran II

blackrose

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I was chatting to a lockie last night.

 

Every thing that can be open is open. It's now up to the various flood relief schemes and defence systems

 

Even if it stops raining today, they're still expecting it to continue rising for another 2 days

 

:(

 

Shit!

 

Yello,

 

Well I'm moored in the weir stream at Bell Weir, Runnymede ..... with 9 out of 9 gates wide open ..... my pontoon is completely submerged and even the far end of my scaffold boards temporary gang plank is submerged ! :unsure:

 

Malc. B)

 

I'm a couple of miles upstream from you and I'm not looking forward to more water.

 

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They keep saying it's going to stop raining, but when?

Guest

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Yes but that was a different end of the world - this is the real thing -

 

Locusts, plague, earthquakes, the full monty including preceding massive floods....

 

oh hang on a minute..

GoodGurl Experienced

GoodGurl

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Right, ok...

 

I thought that was last year?

 

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nope 21st may he judged the world, 21st December he said it will all end in tears :lol:

blackrose Veteran II

blackrose

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Yes but that was a different end of the world - this is the real thing -

 

Locusts, plague, earthquakes, the full monty including preceding massive floods....

 

oh hang on a minute..

 

I'd better start making some signs...

 

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What I don't quite understand is that if you go to the EA website is shows a flood alert for my area between Datchet and Shepperton, but if you scroll down and go into the detailed view it states "no flood alert" for Old Windsor & Wraysbury where I am.

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/34681.aspx?area=061WAF23Datchet&page=2&type=River&term=thames

 

The water level looks very close to some properties to me - I thought the website was supposed to provide an advance warning, but it hasn't been updated since Saturday evening. Does this mean that the EA are confident of stabilising river levels in the "no warning" stretches?

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magnetman

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All reaches will have different characteristics. Bell weir head water level is here, with a line indicating where flooding will start

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magnetman

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Bell weir http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/riverstation.aspx?StationId=7171&RegionId=9&AreaId=22&CatchmentId=138

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