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Flash Flood in Rosemary Alley – Residents Video Spectacular Cascade

Published on: 11 Aug, 2018
Updated on: 17 Aug, 2018

The flash floods that struck Guildford following a monsoon style downpour this afternoon (August 10, 2018) were spectacular.

The Friary shopping centre suffered some flooding but stayed open and advised customers to proceed with caution. Guildford Museum had to close its doors to the public but just across the road from the museum there was not just a flood but a cascade.

Are there any more spectacular images of the flash flooding than these video clips taken by an occupant in a property that borders Rosemary Alley which descends from Quarry Street to Millbrook?

Richard and Liz Pomeroy and their four children had never seen anything like it before. They have lived in their 500+-year-old home, which they converted back from an office, since 2015.

Liz said: “It was about 2pm. The downpour lasted a good 15 minutes.

“We were having lunch, looking out the back over the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and the rain progressively got heavier and darker with lightening. Eventually was so bad we all ran upstairs to check all the windows were closed.

“That is when I found the lounge ceiling pouring water everywhere again. I went downstairs to get buckets and then saw the top steps roaring with water! I ran to get my phone. It was quite stunning!

“One couple went down the alley while it was in flood.

“When we have these downpours, water always pours through from the roof to our bedroom, down the floorboards to the lounge and then below that to the dining room.

“We are once again, soaked, but not too much damage. It will all dry up in time.”

Do you have any video or photos of today’s flash floods in Guildford? If so, please send them to: guildford.dragon@gmail.com

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  1. Chris Townsend Reply

    August 13, 2018 at 7:34 am

    A recent comment said that, in a downpour, rainwater would run down the new Tunsgate paving, straight through the archway and down the steps into the High Street, as (if I remember correctly) there was no curb nor drain at the foot of Tunsgate, to prevent it. Friday’s flash floods would have been a good test of this, so what did happen?

    The stallholder at Tunsgate Arch said that water did run across the floor of the arch but not in a stream or torrent as in some other parts of the town. To my inexpert eye, this was probably because the catchment is relatively small in comparison. But the floor of the arch was still drying up on Sunday afternoon. Ed

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