River Thames flooding warnings

A question about : River Thames flooding warnings

These are the times the peak water level is expected on the Thames:

Oxford - Tues 24th July - 2.45am
Abingdon - Tues 24th July - 6.45am

will move down through Henley, Maidenhead, Windsor into West London through Tuesday and Wednesday. Further rain expected tomorrow in the south.

Best answers:

• Local reports on the radio confirmed this afternoon that The River Thames had burst it's banks at Oxford and was working it's way to Purley, Caversham, Sonning, Henley, Maidenhead etc etc.
• Looking likely to hit Marlow early on Wednesday morning but no actual times given. Where did you get the times from nickmack?
• Thanks nickmack - I'll take a look.
• Latest from sky news says the River Thames water level in Oxford is perilously high. I live just outside purley and starting to worry now.
• My Dad lives in a canal boat and they are mored on the Thames just outside Oxford. They've not left the boat since Tuesday as the water is too high.
  Couple more inches and the boat will end up in the field - so this is not a good thing.
• Well believe it or not, but this Wednesday, 25th, I'm booked with a friend to go on a river cruise lunch on the Thames, from Embankment to Greenwhich :rolleyes:
• Looks like the peak has moved through Oxford and Abingdon with minimal impact. These places are still on flood watch, but may have had the worst. Seems to be flowing through Wallingford this morning.
  Apparently, the flow is slightly slower than anticipated because it has dispersed in the fields on the way down.
  Pangbourne, Purley, Caversham, Reading, Henley look to be braced for later today/early tomorrow.
  Certainly as I drove through Henley this morning, the river level was an inch or so from flooding the road by the bridge. Shops and houses were bagged up ready.
• I'm in Purley & the council lorry is driving round with sand bags, fingers crossed
• I wouldn't place too much trust in Sky News, they do tend to blow things out of proportion.
• im down in lower caversham. sand bags never delivered
• The cruise on the thames you are booked on may not happen. see warning below
  Last night there was a high tide for about 5 hours, today at the same time there has been a low tide for 4 hours. Think the thames barrier is being used a lot.
  There's some good info in www.floodlondon.com about potential flooding in central london
  Thames lifeboats are on alert after an urgent warning about dangerous river conditions from the Environment Agency.
  They have issued the following messages:
  PLEASE DO NOT NAVIGATE - MOOR IN A SAFE PLACE, PREFERABLY IN A MARINA OR A RECOGNISED MOORING.
  THE RIVER IS DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE WHEN IN FLOOD. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY RISKS – PUT YOUR SAFETY FIRST
• Environment agency this morning stated that the Thames is dropping. The areas downriver of Abbingdon (reading, henley, windsor etc) "wont" flood (assuming no freak weather conditions I expect) if they haven't yet. Noticed that some of the river section whcih were on flood warning have been downgraded to flood watch. Thank goodness for that because on Saturday Im supposed to be going camping for a week in Chertsey.
• I'm in Henley. I've seen the river a lot higher than this - it's not even over the road, so I'm not worried. I don;t think it's going to flood much if at all really. The pictures on the news are of Marsh Meadows which floods regularly (it's a flood plain!) but everywhere else is dry as far as I can see.
  Looks like we got away with it.
  My parents live in Droitwich and my h2b in Worcester, both of which were badly affected.
• Here in Gloucester it's been raining again all afternoon (again) - roads waterlogged and traffic building.
  This is our 4th day without running water but collecting water from a bowser in the rain is still a little weird.
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