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UTRCA Issues Potential Flood Warning

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The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority has issued a statement on the potential for significant flooding throughout the weekend.

The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is warning the public about the potential for significant flooding this weekend. 

The UTRCA has issued a Flood Watch Bulletin. 

Marketing Specialist Steve Sauder says they do not issue bulletins often.

"The last flood watch we put out was in February 2018 and that is when there is a potential for flooding exists within specific water courses and municipalities. We are putting this one out in anticipation of the precipitation we are expecting tomorrow on Saturday." 

Current forecasts are calling for anywhere between 50 to 100 millimetres this weekend, with a majority of the rainfall coming today.

The ground is generally wet and/or frozen, and unable to absorb much rain. Fortunately, there is not a significant snow pack, with only about 10 mm of water equivalent in the snow. With the lower forecast amount of rain, streams and rivers will be out of their banks in some areas and inundating low lying flood plains. If the higher rain forecast materializes, more significant flooding could occur.

Heavy rain falls today will likely cause flooding in some low lying areas around the County including Southside Park in Woodstock.

The public is encouraged to exercise extreme caution around all local waterways. Banks adjacent to rivers and creeks are very slippery and, when combined with cold, fast-moving water, pose a serious hazard. Parents are encouraged to keep their children and pets away from all watercourses.

Peak flows in smaller streams and upstream river areas (i.e., Mitchell, Stratford, Tavistock, Ingersoll) should develop beginning early Sunday morning. The Thames and North Thames Rivers will peak in London during the day and into the early evening Sunday in London. River flows will remain higher than normal for several days into next week, increasing the safety risk around rivers and streams throughout the watershed.

Flood prone areas include:

City of Woodstock: Thames River at Highway 2; Cedar Creek at Southside Park

Thames Centre: Village of Putnam south of Highway 401; Reynolds Creek - Golden Pond Trailer Park

East Zorra-Tavistock:  Braemar Trailer Park

Zorra: Ponderosa Trailer Park

City of London:

- Windermere Road and Adelaide Street
- Pumping station and London Hydro substation at west end of Killaly Road
- Parking lot adjacent to McNay Drain in North Thames floodplain behind apartment
- Parking lot behind Richmond apartments (across from Bernard Avenue)
- Gibbons Park (end of Victoria Street)
- Harris Park
- Pottersburg Creek at Oxford Street (Veterans Memorial Parkway)
- Waubuno Creek - Travelled Road, River Road
- Wellington Road and Front Street
- Coves trailer park
- Dingman Creek - various locations along Dingman Drive

Western University: Elgin Hall and Talbot parking lots, Tennis Centre

Middlesex Centre: Former Lady of Lourdes Catholic School site; River Road

Mitchell: Intersection of St George and Adelaide (south end of Parmalat)

Perth South: Prospect Hill Campground

West Perth: Motherwell area

City of Stratford: Dolan Drive; Avon Cemetery; Stratford Golf and Country Club

Town of St. Marys: Thomas Street between Park and Queen Streets; Parkview Drive; St. Marys Golf & Country Club

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