River Trent at Drakelow

A flood event for this station is defined as a period of time where the water level exceeds 2.038m. A flood event is not deemed over until the station remains below this level for 24 hours.

Flood Event: 23:45 14 Dec 1978-04:51 16 Dec 1978

This flood event began on 23:45 14 Dec 1978, lasted 29 hours, and returned below the threshold on 04:51 16 Dec 1978.

The maximum measured height reached by this station during this flood event was 2.295m, achieved at 10:46 15 Dec 1978

Daily charts during this event

1978-12-14

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Full event profile

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