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Updated at 12pm on Saturday, 20 July 2024

Situation

The risk of widespread rain has now passed for the Waikato region and all severe weather watches have ended. However, as we are coming into high spring tides, there is a potential of localised coastal flooding in low-lying coastal areas during high tides this week.

Much of the Waikato region has had a wet week, with the Coromandel Peninsula and eastern parts of the region receiving high amounts of rainfall over the past seven days. For the latest river level and rainfall data, please visit our Environmental Data Hub.

The outlook for the next 24 hours indicates isolated showers across the whole Waikato region.

MetService forecast

Changes to the weather can occur, so please keep up-to-date with the latest forecasts. For national severe weather information, MetService is New Zealand’s only authorised provider of Severe Weather Alerts.

No watches, warnings or severe weather outlooks are currently in place, with a favorable forecast for the next week.

The Regional Flood Response team will continue to monitor any potential weather events that may impact the Waikato region.

Likely/potential impacts

To keep up with the latest rainfall accumulation amounts and river levels please visit our Environmental Data Hub.

Coastal impacts

As the remains of the low-pressure system passes by the Coromandel Peninsula during Sunday and Monday, there is a possibility of localised coastal flooding in low lying coastal areas around high tides on the eastern Coromandel, due to entering spring high tides.

Next high tides for the eastern Coromandel are expected at:

• Sunday at 12:50pm
• Monday at 1am
• Monday at 3:30pm

 Spring high tides could result in coastal flooding in low-lying areas across the whole region this week, where the highest tides are expected on the 25th and 26th July.

Rivers and lakes

The recent rainfall has elevated river levels across the Coromandel Peninsula, and these are now receding to normal levels. However, any further showers/rainfall may cause the rivers to rise again.

Waikato Regional Council flood and drainage schemes

Find out which one of the eight catchment management zones you are in.

Waikato Regional Council managed flood infrastructure operated as designed during the recent weather. Our local operations staff will continue to monitor flood schemes and manage drainage schemes.

Waikato Regional Council managed drainage schemes will take time to return to the pre-event conditions. Rest assured our local operations staff are monitoring.

Next update

Flood Room Live is deactivated. There will be no further updates for this event.