More than 180 mm of rain has fallen in areas of the northern and central parts of the Shoalhaven during the last 24 hours, causing issues on the roads and public facilities.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has issued a Flood Watch for parts of the south coast, including Minor Flooding (2.3m AHD) in Shoalhaven River, and an Initial Minor Flood Warning for St Georges Basin for Sussex Inlet (0.90m AHD).
The entrance to Shoalhaven River is being monitored and will be manually opened if it reaches the trigger opening height of 3 metres AHD in Nowra or 2 metres AHD in Shoalhaven Heads, as per the Crown Lands licensing agreement. All other lake entrances for which Council has licenses to mechanically intervene are currently open.
Several roads have been closed due to flooding, including Naval College Road (between Pine Forest Road and Seagrass Avenue), Woollamia Road in Woollamia and at the bridge intersection of Berry Street and Albatross Road in Nowra.
All sports fields across the region have been closed for the long weekend and will be reinspected on Tuesday.
Swimming pools at Bay and Basin Leisure Centre are currently closed due to flooding and the gym remains open.
The excessive rainfall has caused some intermittent overflows at sewerage pumping stations that are being monitored and addressed by Shoalhaven Water crews.
The BoM forecasts heavy rainfalls in parts of the Shoalhaven during the next 24 hours.
Nowra SES have made sandbags available to anyone with a property prone to flooding at several locations. These include 41 Tasman Road in St Georges Basin; Thompson St in Sussex Inlet; Telstra Tower in Lake Conjola; Beach St car park in Lake Tabourie; Shoalhaven Heads Community Centre car park and Greenwell Point Men’s Shed.
Residents are reminded to stay out of waterways and not to enter flood waters.
In life threatening situations call 000, for assistance with flood or water inundation call the NSW SES on 132 500.
Remember, never walk, ride, play or drive in floodwater.
