The Environment Agency put in place a series of red flood warnings and amber flood alerts in the town on Saturday.

This followed torrential rainfall throughout the day, after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.

The prolonged showers led to rising brook and canal levels in the town, particularly around Bewsey, Dallam, Sankey Bridges, and Penketh.

At around midnight, emergency services were on-site in affected areas, ready to begin precautionary evacuations due to rising water levels, with more than 180 homes potentially impacted.

A major incident was placed on standby and sandbags were delivered to homes, however, no evacuations were needed in the end, Warrington Borough Council has confirmed.

By Sunday morning, as watercourse levels began to subside, the Environment Agency cancelled the flood warnings and alerts.

The council was asked today, Monday, for reflection on flood plans, both those that were implemented and future schemes to prevent flooding in the future.

A spokesman said: "The council worked with Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, Cheshire Police, the Environment Agency, and MPs to coordinate the flood response.

Water lavels in Dallam Brook sparked a flood warning(Image: )

"We were predicting exceptionally high water levels which, fortunately, did not materialise.

"There was some localised flooding, and the council distributed sandbags to properties at particular risk.

"Ultimately, while we were expecting homes to have to evacuate, this did not happen, and the major incident was stood down in the early hours on Sunday."

On flood schemes to protect homes during future flooding incidents, the spokesman added: "We remain fully committed to doing everything we can, alongside our partners including the Environment Agency, to minimise the risk of future flooding in the area.

"We have recently approved plans for a new £900,000 draining system and pump station in Sankey Bridges, and we will continue to make the case that Warrington gets the wider flood defence and flood risk funding it needs."

As previously reported, the Liverpool Road flood risk management project is planned to be completed by March next year, with construction planned to start next month.

Earlier this year, Warrington South MP Sarah Hall said that she had secured £2.2million in funding for flood mitigation and prevention measures in the town.

As well as funding for the Liverpool Road scheme, this includes £1.5million to progress the Sankey Brook flood risk management scheme to the outline design development stage, and £200k to complete final works with the Penketh and Whittle flood risk management scheme.

Ms Hall, who was out in flood-hit areas throughout Saturday, said: "Thank you to the residents who stayed alert and looked out for one another.

"Thank you to the emergency services, council officers, and partner agencies who worked through the night.

"Thankfully, the impact was not as severe as first expected, but there are definitely lessons to be learned from this response, and I will be following that up.

"I know how worrying this is for people who live in constant fear whenever it rains. There are no simple solutions.

"We are experiencing more extreme and adverse weather than ever before, and the risk of flooding often comes from very high amounts of rainfall in short bursts.

"The Environment Agency is currently in the design stage for the Sankey Brook Flood Risk Management Scheme.

"I know people will be concerned about the proposed timeline for this scheme. I want to be honest: I am not going to say this can be fixed sooner than it will be.

"The design stage is crucial to make sure solutions do not push flooding into other communities."