Flood warnings in England, Scotland and Wales
No flood warnings or alerts in force
The Environment Agency, SEPA and NRW have no flood warnings or alerts in force in England, Scotland and Wales. Conditions can change quickly; we check each feed every 15 minutes.
- 0Severe flood warningsSevere flooding. Danger to life.
- 0Flood warningsFlooding is expected. Immediate action required.
- 0Flood 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 — Environment Agency. No flood warnings or alerts in force. Last successful check: 16:53 today. Official England warnings.
Scotland — SEPA. SEPA has no flood warnings or alerts in force in Scotland. Last successful check: 17:17 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: 17:03 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 Monday 14 September 2026 to Friday 18 September 2026; issued 9/14/2026 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.
Nothing in force
There are no flood warnings or alerts in England, Scotland or Wales right now, according to our latest successful checks of the Environment Agency, SEPA and NRW feeds.
Recently removed 3Removal notices from the Environment Agency, SEPA and NRW. Standing water and debris can remain; check each source’s freshness above.
- Somerset coast at Porlock WeirTidal12:26 today
- Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and ShirehamptonTidal10:11 today
- The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon WaterTidal09:59 today
Flood warnings and alerts in 2016
3,972 warnings raised across 993 areas: 3 severe flood warnings, 831 flood warnings and 3,138 flood alerts. January has seen the most.
Warnings raised each year
Select a year to list its warnings.
Severe Flood warning Flood alertWhere they were raised
Each dot is a group of warning areas; the bigger the dot, the more warnings.
By month
Most-warned areas
- North Sea coast at Bridlington100
- Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir66
- Coast at North Morecambe Bay52
- Somerset coast at Porlock Weir45
- Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton43
- Mersey Estuary at Warrington29
- West Bay Harbour27
- Dorset coast at Poole Harbour25
- Somerset coast at Minehead, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea and Uphill to Kingston Seymour24
- Somerset coast at Clevedon24
Newest first 3,361–3,400 of 3,972
- Flood alert Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir Greater London, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames, WandsworthRiver Thames All warnings here
- Flood alert Somerset coast at Dunster Beaches, Blue Anchor, Steart, Stolford and Brean North Somerset, SomersetBristol Channel All warnings here
- Flood alert Somerset coast at Porlock Weir SomersetBristol Channel All warnings here
- Flood alert Rea Brook and Cound Brook ShropshireRea Brook, Cound Brook All warnings here
- Flood alert River Thames from Datchet to Shepperton Green Slough, Surrey, Windsor and MaidenheadRiver Thames All warnings here
- Flood alert Essex Coast from Clacton to St Peters Flat including the Rivers Colne and Blackwater Estuaries EssexNorth Sea All warnings here
- Flood alert Lower Arun West SussexArun All warnings here
- Flood alert Tidal Thames riverside from the Thames Barrier to Putney Bridge City of London, Greater London, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, WestminsterRiver Thames All warnings here
- Flood warning North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth North TynesideNorth Sea All warnings here
- Flood alert Hartlepool to Skinningrove Hartlepool, North Yorkshire, Redcar and ClevelandNorth Sea All warnings here
- Flood alert Wear Estuary County Durham, SunderlandRiver Wear All warnings here
- Flood alert Tyne and Wear Coast County Durham, Hartlepool, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, SunderlandNorth Sea All warnings here
- Flood alert Lower River Loddon at the River Thames confluence at Twyford Oxfordshire, WokinghamRiver Loddon, River Thames All warnings here
- Flood alert River Wye in Derbyshire DerbyshireRiver Wye All warnings here
- Flood alert River Wye in Herefordshire Gloucestershire, HerefordshireRiver Wye All warnings here
- Flood alert River Stour from Sudbury Essex, SuffolkStour All warnings here
- Flood alert Groundwater flooding in West Dean, Singleton, Charlton, East Dean and Chilgrove West SussexGroundwater All warnings here
- Flood alert Groundwater flooding in Patcham Brighton and HoveGroundwater All warnings here
- Flood alert Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir Greater London, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames, WandsworthRiver Thames All warnings here
- Flood alert North Sea Coast from Whitby to Filey East Riding of Yorkshire, North YorkshireNorth Sea All warnings here
- Flood alert Lower Arun West SussexArun All warnings here
- Flood warning North Bank Road alongside the River Nene, east of Peterborough and west of Dog-in-a-Doublet Sluice Cambridgeshire, PeterboroughRiver Nene All warnings here
- Flood warning River Ouse at Acaster Selby North YorkshireRiver Ouse All warnings here
- Flood alert Somerset coast at Minehead, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea and Uphill to Kingston Seymour North Somerset, SomersetBristol Channel All warnings here
- Flood alert Somerset coast at Dunster Beaches, Blue Anchor, Steart, Stolford and Brean North Somerset, SomersetBristol Channel All warnings here
- Flood warning Somerset coast at Porlock Weir SomersetBristol Channel All warnings here
- Flood alert Rivers Pant, Blackwater and Brain EssexPant, Blackwater, Brain All warnings here
- Flood alert Somerset coast at Porlock Weir SomersetBristol Channel All warnings here
- Flood alert Upper River Roding EssexRiver Roding All warnings here
- Flood alert Lower River Soar in Leicestershire Derbyshire, Leicestershire, NottinghamshireRiver Soar All warnings here
- Flood alert River Thames for Shiplake, Lower Shiplake and Wargrave Oxfordshire, WokinghamRiver Thames All warnings here
- Flood alert River Thames at Thames Ditton Island Greater London, Richmond upon Thames, SurreyRiver Thames All warnings here
- Flood alert River Blackwater and The Cove Brook Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Surrey, WokinghamRiver Blackwater, Cove Brook All warnings here
- Flood warning Upper Frome from Maiden Newton to Dorchester Dorset CouncilDorset Frome All warnings here
- Flood alert Lower Arun West SussexArun All warnings here
- Flood alert Upper River Chelmer EssexChelmer All warnings here
- Flood alert Low lying coastline at Blackpool All warnings here
- Flood alert Mardyke at Purfleet Essex, Greater London, Havering, ThurrockMardyke All warnings here
- Flood warning The North Winterborne, south of the A354 Dorset CouncilGroundwater All warnings here
- Flood alert River Thames from Mapledurham to Sonning Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire, WokinghamRiver Thames 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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