Katherine and rural areas flood warnings
Flooding maps show where floods are likely to happen when there's heavy rainfall or a flood.
They can help you understand flooding in your area so you can take steps to protect yourself and your property.
The below information show where floods are likely to happen in Katherine and the surrounding rural areas.
These also align with the flood warnings that are issue for for Katherine.
You should follow them along with the advice given by your regional counter disaster controller.
Minor flood warning
Before taking any action, you should consider the following:
- this advice is issued when the level of Katherine River at Nitmiluk Centre is at 5.5 m and rising, but not going over 6.5 m
- information on this map should only be used as a guide to identify areas that are likely to get flooded within 12 hours of the advice being issued
- it also shows other areas that could possibly get flooded if the river continues to rise
- the flood extent boundary is approximate only
- no 2 flood events are the same, so the actual extent during a flood may differ greatly at some locations.
Get the flooding map for minor flood warning in Katherine and moderate flood warning in Gorge Road.
Moderate flood warning
Before taking any action, you should consider the following:
- this advice is issued when the level of Katherine River at Nitmiluk Centre is at 6.5 m and rising, but not going over 8 m
- information on this map should only be used as a guide to identify areas that are likely to get flooded once the advice has been issued
- it also shows other areas that could possibly get flooded if the river continues to rise
- the flood extent boundary is approximate only
- no 2 flood events are the same, so the actual extent during a flood may differ greatly at some locations.
Get the flooding map for moderate flood warning in Katherine and major flood warning in Gorge Road.
Major flood warning
Before taking any action, you should consider the following:
- this advice is issued when the level of the Katherine River at Nitmiluk Centre is at 8 m, still rising and more rainfall is forecast for Katherine River catchment areas
- information on this map should only be used as a guide to identify areas that are likely to get flooded once the advice has been issued
- it also shows other areas that could possibly get flooded if the river continues to rise
- flood extent boundary is approximate only
- no 2 flood events are the same - the actual extent during a flood event may differ greatly at some locations.