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 alert in force

Flooding is possible where a flood alert is in force. Be prepared, and keep an eye on river levels nearby.

0Severe flood warningsSevere flooding. Danger to life.
0Flood warningsFlooding is expected. Immediate action required.
1Flood alertFlooding 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.

England — Environment Agency. 1 flood alert in force. Last successful check: 09:57 today. Official England warnings.

Scotland — SEPA. SEPA has no flood warnings or alerts in force in Scotland. Last successful check: 10:02 today. Official Scotland warnings.

Scottish warnings are listed with SEPA’s wording below. Their locations are not supplied by RSS, so they are not yet mapped or matched to individual gauges or area notifications.

Wales — Natural Resources Wales. NRW has no flood warnings or alerts in force in Wales. Last successful check: 10:03 today. Official Wales warnings.

Welsh warning points show a reference location, not the whole affected area. Check NRW for the boundary. The historical archive below covers England only.

NRW five-day flood risk outlook. The forecast flood risk across Wales for today and the next four days is very low. Rhagwelir fod y perygl llifogydd ar draws Cymru ar gyfer heddiw a'r pedwar diwrnod nesaf yn isel iawn. Covers Sunday 13 September 2026 to Thursday 17 September 2026; issued 9/13/2026 09:30:00 AM (NRW’s clock).

NRW lists no local authority above very low risk for these days.

Natural Resources Wales flood warnings and outlook. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood alerts 1Flooding is possible. Be prepared.

Flood alertTidal

Somerset coast at Porlock Weir

SomersetBristol Channel

Raised Thu 10 Sep, 13:29

High tides tomorrow morning may lead to flooding.

Read the full message

Flooding is possible Around high tide

We are entering a sequence of Spring tides that may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible around 06:45 on Friday 11th September. Flooding is forecast to affect locations at Porlock Bay, with low lying land and roads expected to be most affected, particularly around the coastline between Gore Point and Hurlstone Point including Porlock Weir. The first high tide is at 06:45 on Friday with a peak height of 6.12m and a F4 north westerly wind. The second high tide is at 19:00 on Friday with a peak height of 6.37m and a F4 westerly wind

We are closely monitoring the situation .

Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded .

This message will be updated by 12:19PM on 10 September 2026 or as the situation changes.

Gauges nearby

Parsons Street 0.03mASD, normal 1.4 km away Allerford -0.09m, below normal 2.5 km away West Luccombe 0.04mASD, normal 2.7 km away

Warned 506 times here since 2012 Area map and gauges

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

Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and ShirehamptonTidal10:11 today
The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon WaterTidal09:59 today
The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuariesTidal17:13 yesterday
The Suffolk coast at SouthwoldTidal17:12 yesterday
Hunstanton coast in NorfolkTidal11:37 yesterday
The north Norfolk coast from East Cley to Kelling Hard, including SalthouseTidal11:32 yesterday
The north Norfolk coast from Old Hunstanton, to and including CleyTidal11:31 yesterday

Flood warnings and alerts in 2021

4,266 warnings raised across 1,149 areas: 7 severe flood warnings, 1,049 flood warnings and 3,210 flood alerts. January 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 0 2013’13 0 2014’14 0 2015’15 0 2016’16 0 2017’17 0 2018’18 0 2019’19 0 2020’20 4,266 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 2,961–3,000 of 4,266

Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood warning River Ouzel at Bletchley and Caldecotte Buckinghamshire, Milton KeynesRiver Ouzel All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood warning The River Gipping through Needham Market SuffolkGipping All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert The upper Rivers Yare, Tiffey, Tas and Wacton NorfolkRiver Yare, River Tiffey, River Tas All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert The River Gipping, from downstream of Needham Market, to upstream of London Road Bridge, Ipswich SuffolkGipping All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Tidal River Ouse from Naburn Lock to Selby Leeds, North Yorkshire, YorkRiver Ouse All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham Essex, SuffolkStour All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Hoe Stream SurreyHoe Stream All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Lower River Stour KentGreat Stour, Stour All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Upper River Ouse North Yorkshire, YorkRiver Ouse, Burdyke, Holgate Beck, Blue Beck, River Foss, The Fleet All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood warning River Glen at Surfleet Reservoir during high tide periods LincolnshireRiver Glen All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert North Cornwall coast from Lands End to Chapel Porth CornwallNorth Cornwall Coast All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert North Cornwall coast from Chapel Porth to The Rumps excluding the tidal River Camel CornwallNorth Cornwall Coast All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert North Cornwall coast from The Rumps to Hartland Point excluding Bude CornwallNorth Cornwall Coast All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Tidal River Camel excluding Wadebridge and Chapel Amble CornwallNorth Cornwall Coast, Tidal Camel Estuary All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood warning River Weaver at Shrewbridge Lodge Cheshire EastRiver Weaver All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood warning River Leam at Eathorpe, Huningham and Offchurch WarwickshireRiver Leam All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Little Ouse River and River Thet in Suffolk and Norfolk Norfolk, SuffolkLittle Ouse River, River Thet All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Rugeley Trent StaffordshireRiver Trent All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood warning River Derwent at Buttercrambe Mill North YorkshireRiver Derwent All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Middle Exe Area Devon, SomersetRiver Exe, River Batherm, River Lowman, River Haddeo All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Rivers Eden and Eden Brook Kent, Surrey, West SussexEden, Eden Brook All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Thames from Shepperton to Molesey Greater London, Richmond upon Thames, SurreyRiver Thames All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Thames for Shiplake, Lower Shiplake and Wargrave Oxfordshire, WokinghamRiver Thames All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Thames for Henley, Remenham, Medmenham and its tributaries Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, WokinghamRiver Thames, Assendon Stream, Hambledon Brook All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Thames from Maidenhead to Windsor and Eton Buckinghamshire, Slough, Windsor and MaidenheadRiver Thames All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Somerset coast at Porlock Weir SomersetBristol Channel All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Trent in Nottinghamshire Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottingham, NottinghamshireRiver Trent All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood warning River Mease at Clifton Campville, Harlaston and Croxall Derbyshire, StaffordshireRiver Mease All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert North Devon coast from Hartland Point to Lynmouth DevonBristol Channel All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Evenlode from Moreton in Marsh to Cassington and also the River Glyme at Wootton and Woodstock Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, WarwickshireRiver Evenlode, River Glyme All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Clanfield Brook for Clanfield Village and the Shill Brook for Bampton OxfordshireClanfield Brook, Shill Brook All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Cherwell from Charwelton to just above Upper Heyford Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, West NorthamptonshireRiver Cherwell, Highfurlong Brook, Ashby Brook, Culworth Brook, Hanwell Brook, Chacombe Brook, Marston Brook, Thenford Brook, Farthinghoe Brook, Charlton Brook, River Swere, Deddington Brook All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Stour in Worcestershire Staffordshire, WorcestershireRiver Stour All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Lower Nene Cambridgeshire, PeterboroughRiver Nene All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Riccal catchment North YorkshireRiver Riccal All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Rye catchment North YorkshireRiver Rye All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Upper River Aire Bradford, North YorkshireRiver Aire, Eller Beck All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert River Seven catchment North YorkshireRiver Seven All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Sor Brook and The Bloxham Brook and their tributaries Oxfordshire, WarwickshireRiver Sor, Bloxham Brook, Hornton Stream All warnings here
Thu 28 Jan 2021 Flood alert Langford and Wendlebury Brooks from Stratton Audley down to near Merton OxfordshireAudley Brook, Langford Brook, Pingle Stream, Bure, Wendlebury Brook 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.