MINOR flood warnings remained in place last night for both the Ovens and King rivers after the catchments received falls of between 50mm to 100mms in the 48 hours to 9am yesterday morning.
The Ovens River was steady at 11.37 metres early yesterday afternoon but the Bureau of Meteorlogy was forecasting it may exceed the minor flood level of 11.90 metres Sunday evening.
Minor flooding was ocurring along part of the King and Ovens rivers yesterday.
It followed some heavy rainfall Friday evening into Saturday and early yesterday morning, with Wangaratta's soggy start to spring delivering 48.2mm of rain in the 48 hours up until 9am yesterday.
The rainfall exceeds the city's entire mean September total of 47.5mm over the past 30 years, and saw the One Mile Creek break its banks and flood multiple bike paths over the weekend.
No more rain is expected this week.
Other 48 hour rainfall totals within the Rural City of Wangaratta up until 9am yesterday included: Greta South 65.2mm, Greta West 52.6mm, Bobinawarrah 51.8mm, Carboor Upper 67mm, Cheshunt 66mm, Everton 63mm and Eldorado 43mm.
Bright recorded the heaviet 48hr rainfall of 100mm, with other totals being: Yarrawonga 43.6mm, Rutherglen 38.2mm, Mt Hotham 81mm, Mt Buffalo Chalet 89mm, Albury 44.8mm, F...
