What is a designated warning or alert area?

It is an official geographic coverage area used by the Environment Agency when issuing flood notices. An area can remain in the directory for years while having no warning active today.

Why can similar area names appear more than once?

The Environment Agency can define separate coverage areas for different river reaches, banks or nearby communities. Similar names do not necessarily describe the same official area; the EA reference identifies each one.

Does being inside this area prove my property will flood?

No. A monitoring-area listing is not a property-level assessment. Use the official long-term flood-risk service for an address and seek specialist advice for property, mortgage or insurance decisions.

Environment Agency monitoring directory

Avenue Rd, Bath St, Charles St, Clifton Place, Commerical Rd, Edward St, Gloucester St, Gloucester Mews, Gloucester Lodge, Great George St, Greenhill, Melcombe Place, Park St, Turton St, Upwey St, Victoria St, Wesley St and William St in Weymouth

Q: Does this page mean a warning is active for Avenue Rd, Bath St, Charles St, Clifton Place, Commerical Rd, Edward St, Gloucester St, Gloucester Mews, Gloucester Lodge, Great George St, Greenhill, Melcombe Place, Park St, Turton St, Upwey St, Victoria St, Wesley St and William St in Weymouth?

No. This page describes a permanent Environment Agency monitoring area. The separate live-status panel checks whether a warning or alert is currently in force. If the feed is unavailable, the current status is unknown.

Designated Flood Warning AreaEA reference 111FWCWEYS003

This label is not a current warning. It means the EA has predefined this location as an area where it may issue a flood warning. The live panel below checks what is active now.

Live Environment Agency feed

Is an official warning active now?

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Official area details

Watercourse or coast: English Channel
Directory county: Dorset
EA operational area: Dorset Council
Coverage category: Designated Flood Warning Area

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Use this information safely

For conditions now: use the live panel and verify on the official flood service.
For a property: use the official long-term risk checker; this directory is not address-level evidence.
For river levels: open a nearby monitoring station and check the reading time.
For immediate danger: follow emergency-service instructions and call 999.

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Nearby river-level stations

These are measuring instruments, not reported flood locations. A station reading must be interpreted with its timestamp, station datum and any official threshold context.

Litton Cheney

Litton Cheney Stream · West Dorset Streams

Upwey Culvert

River Wey · West Dorset Streams

Kingston Russell

Groundwater Level · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck

Little Puddle

River Piddle · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck

South House

River Piddle · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck

Portland

Dorset Coast · West Dorset Streams

Weymouth

Tide · England - South Coast

Maiden Newton

River Frome · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck

Louds Mill

River Frome · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck

Briantspuddle

River Piddle · Frome, Piddle, Poole Harbour and Purbeck

Nearby designated monitoring areas

Weymouth Harbour and the tidal stretch of the River Wey

English Channel · designated alert area

Castletown, Weymouth, Preston Beach, Swanage Bay, Studland Bay, Sandbanks, Poole Harbour, Bournemouth Beach, Hengistbury Head and Christchurch Harbour

English Channel · designated alert area

Poole Harbour and tidal stretches of the Lower Frome and River Piddle

English Channel · designated alert area

Cove Row, Hope Square, Hope Street, Trinity Road, Granary Wharf, Martello Mews, Quayside Court, Commerical Road, Custom House Quay, Helen Lane, Lower St. Edmund Street, St. Edmund Street and St. Mary Street in Weymouth