Flood Warning for King River at Docker Rd Bridge in Victoria
This alert is no longer in effect.
BOM issued it on August 20, 2026, 4 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this BoM weather warning directly from BOM's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a minor flood warning for the King River at Docker Rd Bridge, with minor flooding possible Thursday evening.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Victoria, Australia
- Issued
- August 20, 2026
- Issuing authority
- BOM
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: historical. It was issued 4 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Victoria, Australia.
Alert Details
A Flood Warning (type: flood_warning, IDV36630) has been issued by the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). The warning is classified as High severity and major warning group type. It was issued at 10:17 am AEST on Thursday 20 August 2026.
Affected Areas
The warning covers the King River catchment in Victoria (VIC), specifically the King River at Docker Rd Bridge.
What You Should Do
Don't drive, walk, swim or play in floodwater because it is dangerous. Stay away from flooded drains, rivers, streams and waterways. Obey road closure signs. Plan ahead so you don't drive on flooded roads. Check the ABC and local media for updates. For local emergency management warnings and advice visit www.emergency.vic.gov.au. For emergency assistance call SES on telephone number 132 500. In life-threatening emergencies, call 000 (triple zero) immediately.
Expected Conditions
Minor flooding is possible along the King River at Docker Rd Bridge. The river level is estimated to be below the minor flood level and may reach around the minor flood level (3.70 m) Thursday evening. Moderate rainfall has been recorded across the King River catchment since Wednesday morning, resulting in river level rises.
Timeline
The warning is effective from issue time 2026-08-20T00:17:15Z until expiry time 2026-08-21T03:17:15Z. The next warning will be issued by 11:30 AM AEST on Friday 21 August 2026.
Original source: BOM Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Warnings
All Weather Warnings →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this BoM weather warning: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,429 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to August 20, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this BoM weather warning.