# Flood alert: The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne

**Event type:** Flood warning  
**Status in source feed:** current  
**Area:** The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne  
**County:** Norfolk  
**River or sea:** Bure, Ant, Thurne  
**Warning raised:** 2026-11-12T08:33:57Z  
**Source update:** 2026-11-12T08:33:00Z  
**Dataset checked:** 2026-11-12T22:00:44Z  
**Official warning-area boundary:** 133.665 km²

## What this measures

The mapped outline is the Environment Agency's official flood-warning area. Its approximate area uses a spherical calculation and is not an estimate of flooded land, people affected, casualties, displacement or damage. The first release uses warning data only; it does not map observed inundation.

## Source message

> High tides today may lead to flooding.
> Flooding is possible from 12 noon today, Thursday 12 November.
> We expect to see high water levels around Potter Heigham, Wroxham boat yards and Ferry Road in Horning. Levels can take several hours to peak. River levels will remain high over the next couple of days.
> We are closely monitoring the situation .
> Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water.
> This message will be updated by 10:00AM on Friday 13 November or as the situation changes.

## Source and reuse

This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Data are provided under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). [Open the source record](https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/id/floods/054WATBT1). Boundaries are from [the Environment Agency API](https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/doc/reference).

Prepared by TechnicalGIS Environmental News Desk. Dataset revision 1.