Warning in effect:
Fiordland Heavy Rain Warning
Recommended Action: Make Preparations
Effective: 8:00 PM, June 12, 2021
Expires: 5:00 PM, June 13, 2021
Details:
Heavy Rain Warning for Fiordland - Orange
Heavy rain may cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. Surface flooding and slips are also possible and driving conditions may be hazardous.
Issued: 8:30pm Saturday, 12th June 2021
Area: Fiordland from Milford Sound northwards.
Valid: 11:00pm Saturday to 5:00pm Sunday
Expect 100 to 140mm of rain. Peak rates of 15 to 25mm/h expected.
What Should affected people do?
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Important maps for your information
Check out our Tsunami Map for Southland here
Check out our Flood Map here
Check out our Flood Map here
Or for a more interactive experience...
How to use our web Information & Emergency Situation Map
Did you know that our situation map is loaded with useful information about specific hazards in Southland?
- By simply clicking on the icon that looks like a stack of papers, “Layers List” (see fig 1) you get to open the layers feature which allows you to activate different layers on the map.
- By ticking e.g. Tsunami Evacuation Zones (fig 2), you will see the map update with evacuation zones.
- Zoom into the Invercargill/Riverton area and you will see the evacuation zones (fig 3).
- Untick a layer to remove it from the map. This feature is very handy if you want to zoom in a specific area and get more useful information.
Click on the “Legend” icon (right of Layers icon see fig 4) and find out what all the symbols mean on the map.
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Notifications
Important maps for your information
Check out our Tsunami Map for Southland here
Check out our Flood Map here
Check out our Flood Map here
Or for a more interactive experience...
How to use our web Information & Emergency Situation Map
Did you know that our situation map is loaded with useful information about specific hazards in Southland?
- By simply clicking on the icon that looks like a stack of papers, “Layers List” (see fig 1) you get to open the layers feature which allows you to activate different layers on the map.
- By ticking e.g. Tsunami Evacuation Zones (fig 2), you will see the map update with evacuation zones.
- Zoom into the Invercargill/Riverton area and you will see the evacuation zones (fig 3).
- Untick a layer to remove it from the map. This feature is very handy if you want to zoom in a specific area and get more useful information.
Click on the “Legend” icon (right of Layers icon see fig 4) and find out what all the symbols mean on the map.
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Fig 3: Fig 4:
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