IN-2026-031 · Tarrow Valley floodplain · flood

Tarrow River flood, September 2026

Level 2. Controller Insp. R. Malone (local emergency operations controller). Opened 14/09/2026, 1:15:06 am. Situation reports every 120 minutes; next due 01:15 am.

OPEN

Devices in zone

0/13

reporting

Beyond a threshold

7

WL-01 minor, WL-02 moderate, WL-03 moderate, WL-04 moderate,

Evacuation trigger

set

Riverbend Bridge gauge at or above 6.2 m and rising

Damage reports

4

0 approved

Cameras in the zone

Latest frames (GL-EM-06)

Riverbend Bridge crossing camera

CAM-01 Whether the crossing is trafficable; road closure decisions

Millers Flat causeway camera

CAM-02 Water over the causeway; closure decisions

Coalhaven levee camera

CAM-03 Levee freeboard and seepage

Resources

ResourceCountStatus
SES flood rescue crews4deployed Riverbend and Coalhaven
Council road crews3closing low-level crossings
Sandbag depots2open (showground, Coalhaven hall)
Evacuation centre1on standby (showground)

Assets in the zone

From the assets register

AssetKindStatus
AS-BR-014 Riverbend Bridgebridgeopen
AS-BR-022 Millers Flat causewaycausewayopen
AS-LV-003 Coalhaven leveeleveesound
AS-PS-007 West Riverbend sewage pump stationpump stationoperating
AS-EC-001 Riverbend evacuation centre (showground)evacuation centreclosed

Approved situation reports

None yet.

Incident log

One log, hash-linked to the evidence chain (GL-EM-09)

  • 14/09/2026, 5:15:06 am · Monitoring agent · camera · CAM-02

    Millers Flat causeway camera: water over the deck, closure confirmed.

  • 14/09/2026, 4:15:06 am · Duty officer · asset

    Millers Flat causeway closed to traffic; AS-BR-022 status closed.

  • 14/09/2026, 3:15:06 am · Monitoring agent · reading · WL-03

    Wyndle Bridge gauge 4.9 m, rising 0.12 m/h.

  • 14/09/2026, 2:15:06 am · Duty officer · resource

    SES flood rescue crews (4) deployed to Riverbend and Coalhaven.

  • 14/09/2026, 1:15:06 am · Duty officer · opened

    Incident opened at level 2 on the flood watch from the weather service and rising upstream gauges.

Close the incident