Will Kegalle flood in the next hour?

Kegalle flood risk right now: Normal. This is an estimate based on the Holombuwa gauge on the Kelani Ganga (11 km away), which read 7.5 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 3:08 am (Sri Lanka time). In the next hour the Kelani Ganga at Holombuwa could fall to about 7.4 ft (7.2–7.6 ft). This is a forecast for the river, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.

How is the flood risk for Kegalle worked out?

From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 11 km away), recent and expected rain, the gauge's forecast and any official warning. It is an estimate for the town, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.

Where does this come from and how often does it update?

River readings come from the Department of Irrigation's gauges, roughly once an hour, and this page checks for new ones every minute. This site is independent and not an official warning service: follow the Disaster Management Centre and call 117 in an emergency.

Is Kegalle flooding?

Kegalle

Kegalle flood risk right now: Normal. This is an estimate based on the Holombuwa gauge on the Kelani Ganga (11 km away), which read 7.5 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 3:08 am (Sri Lanka time).

Reading at 3:08 am · 27 min ago

Normal

7.5 ft

Irrigation Department has issued a flood warning for Kelani Ganga

Next hour

River falling

Next 24 hours

Small chance the river reaches alert level in about 7 h

Experimental estimate. There is no river gauge in Kegalle; this uses Holombuwa, 11 km away, plus rain at the town and official warnings.

Details

How this estimate works

· Starts from the river gauge's own level and forecast, the same as the gauge page.
· Heavy rain here (50 mm in 6 hours or 100 mm in 24 hours) raises it by one step, never more.
· Your own street level, if you set one, and official warnings can raise it further.
· It never says flooding is happening: only a measurement can show that.

Why

Irrigation Department has issued a flood warning for Kelani Ganga
Kelani Ganga at Holombuwa is 7.5 ft, falling (normal)
Small chance Holombuwa reaches alert level in about 7 hours
75 mm of rain in the last 24 hours

Your river

Holombuwa

Kelani Ganga · 11 km away

Normal7.5 ft3:08 am

Kithulgala

Kelani Ganga · 30 km away

Normal7.7 ft

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Based on: Holombuwa gauge on the Kelani Ganga, 11 km away

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Rain in Kegalle

Heavy rain in the last 24 hours (75 mm). Light rain expected this afternoon, about 5 mm in the next 24 hours.

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Official flood map

None of the Grama Niladhari divisions around Kegalle is in the Irrigation Department's maps of past floods on the Kelani Ganga (2016 major flood, 2012 minor flood, 1989 critical flood). Low spots can still flood.

This shows where a past flood reached, not a flood now. A bigger flood can go further.

Flood maps: Irrigation Department of Sri Lanka

Flood help and phone numbers

Common questions

Is Kegalle flooding now?: Kegalle flood risk right now: Normal. This is an estimate based on the Holombuwa gauge on the Kelani Ganga (11 km away), which read 7.5 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 3:08 am (Sri Lanka time).
Will Kegalle flood in the next hour?: Kegalle flood risk right now: Normal. This is an estimate based on the Holombuwa gauge on the Kelani Ganga (11 km away), which read 7.5 ft as of Tue, 27 Oct, 3:08 am (Sri Lanka time). In the next hour the Kelani Ganga at Holombuwa could fall to about 7.4 ft (7.2–7.6 ft). This is a forecast for the river, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.
How is the flood risk for Kegalle worked out?: From the nearest river gauge ({gauge}, 11 km away), recent and expected rain, the gauge's forecast and any official warning. It is an estimate for the town, not an official warning, and streets can flood before the river reaches a flood mark.
Where does this come from and how often does it update?: River readings come from the Department of Irrigation's gauges, roughly once an hour, and this page checks for new ones every minute. This site is independent and not an official warning service: follow the Disaster Management Centre and call 117 in an emergency.

Kelani Ganga · Sources: Department of Irrigation gauges, Open-Meteo rain, Disaster Management Centre warnings.