Flood warnings in England, Scotland and Wales

Name: Flood warnings raised in England since 2006
Creator: Environment Agency
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

1 flood warning and 11 flood alerts in force

Flooding is expected where a flood warning is in force. Act now to protect yourself and your property.

0Severe flood warningsSevere flooding. Danger to life.
1Flood warningFlooding is expected. Immediate action required.
11Flood alertsFlooding is possible. Be prepared.

We check the Environment Agency and SEPA every 15 minutes. Each source’s status and check time are shown below.

England’s EA warning areas and Welsh NRW warning points. Select a dot to read it. Welsh points do not show the full affected area. Scottish warnings are listed below; SEPA RSS supplies no coordinates.

Flood warnings and alerts in 2013

3,757 warnings raised across 1,179 areas: 73 severe flood warnings, 1,038 flood warnings and 2,646 flood alerts. December has seen the most.

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Warnings raised each year

Select a year to list its warnings.

Severe Flood warning Flood alert

0 2006’06 0 2007’07 0 2008’08 0 2009’09 0 2010’10 0 2011’11 0 2012’12 3,757 2013’13 0 2014’14 0 2015’15 0 2016’16 0 2017’17 0 2018’18 0 2019’19 0 2020’20 0 2021’21 0 2022’22 0 2023’23 0 2024’24 0 2025’25 0so far 2026’26

Where they were raised

Each dot is a group of warning areas; the bigger the dot, the more warnings.

By month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Most-warned areas

Newest first 1,161–1,200 of 3,757

Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Eastoke Seafront and South Hayling HampshireLangstone Harbour, The Solent All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Hillhead to Gosport Hampshire, PortsmouthThe Solent All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Cowes, East Cowes, and Newport Isle of WightThe Solent, English Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Isle of Wight coast Isle of WightThe Solent, English Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Wear Estuary from Fatfield to Queen Alexandra Bridge SunderlandRiver Wear All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning North Sea at Cowbar North YorkshireNorth Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Coastal areas of Seaford Sea Front East SussexEnglish Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Coastal areas of Pevensey Sea Front East SussexEnglish Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Coastal areas of Hastings Sea Front East SussexEnglish Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Tidal areas of Shoreham Harbour Brighton and Hove, West SussexEnglish Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Coastal areas of Bulverhythe East SussexEnglish Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Selsey Bill to Elmer West SussexEnglish Channel All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Thorney Island to Bracklesham West SussexChichester Harbour All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Littlehampton Rope Walk West SussexLittlehampton Harbour All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning River Trent at Gunness and Flixborough All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Tidal flooding in the North and east of Boston and surrounding areas LincolnshireRiver Witham, Witham Haven and Maud Foster Drain All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Area near the Wash Frontage from Gibraltar Point to Freiston Shore LincolnshireThe Wash All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Waterside properties between Town Bridge and Haven Bridge in Boston LincolnshireRiver Witham, Witham Haven All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Wider waterside properties between Grand Sluice and the Docks in Boston LincolnshireRiver Witham, Witham Haven All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Tidal flooding in the West of Boston and surrounding areas All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Area near the Wash Frontage from Wyberton Marsh to Kirton Marsh LincolnshireThe Wash All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Tidal flooding in the South of Boston and surrounding areas LincolnshireRiver Witham, Witham Haven and South Forty Foot Drain All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning River Trent at Burringham North LincolnshireRiver Trent All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Wider area at risk of tidal flooding in the West of Grimsby North East LincolnshireThe Humber, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Areas near to the sea defences in Cleethorpes North East LincolnshireThe Humber, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Tidal flooding in low-lying areas in Grimsby North East LincolnshireThe Humber All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Wider area at risk of tidal flooding in the East of Grimsby and Cleethorpes North East LincolnshireThe Humber, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Areas near to the sea defences in Humberston Lincolnshire, North East LincolnshireThe Humber, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Wider area at risk of tidal flooding in Cleethorpes North East LincolnshireThe Humber, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Wider area at risk of tidal flooding in Central Grimsby North East LincolnshireThe Humber, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Properties seaward of the tidal defences in Gravesend, Denton and Greenhithe All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood alert Tidal River Avon at Pill and Shirehampton City of Bristol, North Somerset, South GloucestershireRiver Avon All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Sandwich KentRiver Stour, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Severe flood warning Coast from Higham Marshes to Seasalter, excluding Sheerness and Queenborough All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning North Sea at Berwick-Upon-Tweed NorthumberlandNorth Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning River Coquet at Warkworth NorthumberlandRiver Coquet, North Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning North Sea at Beadnell NorthumberlandNorth Sea All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Tyne Estuary at North and South Shields North Tyneside, South TynesideRiver Tyne All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Tyne Estuary Riverside Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North TynesideRiver Tyne All warnings here
Thu 5 Dec 2013 Flood warning Ouse Burn at Byker All warnings here

What the three levels mean

Flood alert

Flooding is possible. Be prepared. Keep an eye on local river levels and forecasts, and get ready to move valuables and put flood protection in place.

Flood warning

Flooding is expected. Immediate action required. Move family, pets and valuables to safety, turn off gas, electricity and water if it is safe to, and put flood protection in place.

Severe flood warning

Severe flooding. Danger to life. Stay in a safe place with a means of escape, and follow the advice of the emergency services. Call 999 if you are in immediate danger.

Where this comes from. England’s current warnings come from the Environment Agency; Scotland’s come from SEPA Floodline. We check each every 15 minutes. Contains SEPA data © Scottish Environment Protection Agency and database right 2026. Used with permission. The history since 2006 covers Environment Agency warnings in England only. Welsh warnings come from Natural Resources Wales, checked every 15 minutes. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Reused under the Open Government Licence. For Northern Ireland nidirect.

The history is the Environment Agency’s record of every warning raised since 2006, which it publishes each quarter, joined to the warnings we have recorded live since. Each count is one warning or alert raised for one area; a warning that was later updated counts once. When a warning is removed that is not counted as a new warning. An area with no warnings on record can still flood.

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Flood warnings in England, Scotland and Wales

Flood warnings 1Flooding is expected. Immediate action required.

North Sea coast at Hornsea

Flood alerts 11Flooding is possible. Be prepared.

Coast at North Morecambe Bay

Wyre estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End to Little Eccleston

The north Norfolk coast from East Cley to Kelling Hard, including Salthouse

The north Norfolk coast from Old Hunstanton, to and including Cley

Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton

North Sea coast at Withernsea, Easington and Kilnsea

North Sea coast at Skipsea, Hornsea and Mappleton

North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk

Hunstanton coast in Norfolk

Tyne estuary

Somerset coast at Porlock Weir

Recently removed 7Removal notices from the Environment Agency, SEPA and NRW. Standing water and debris can remain; check each source’s freshness above.