New names on the impact matrix

October 2026

The Flood Forecasting Centre, the Met Office and the UK's environment agencies now share one impact matrix, so flood guidance and weather warnings use the same words.

Impact Minimal→Minor Minor→Moderate Significant Severe→Extreme
Likelihood Very low→Low Low→Medium Medium→High High→Very high

Colours and overall flood risk levels are unchanged. This site uses the new names throughout, but the text inside older statements keeps the words used when it was issued.

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3742 Statements
Date & Time Thumbnail Overall flood risk River Surface Ground Coastal Highest impact Actions
Wed 16 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2166
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Low VL VL VL L Extreme (was Severe)
Tue 15 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2165
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Low VL VL VL L Extreme (was Severe)
Mon 14 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2164
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Sun 13 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2163
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 12 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2162
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 11 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2161
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 10 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2160
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 09 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2159
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 08 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2158
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 07 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2157
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 06 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2156
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 05 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2155
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 04 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2154
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 03 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2153
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 02 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2152
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 01 Feb 2022
10:30
ID: 2151
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 31 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2150
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 30 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2149
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 29 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2148
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 28 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2147
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 27 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2146
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 26 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2145
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 25 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2144
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 24 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2143
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 23 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2142
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 22 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2141
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 21 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2140
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 20 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2139
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 19 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2138
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 18 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2137
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 17 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2136
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 16 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2135
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 15 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2134
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 14 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2133
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 13 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2132
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 12 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2131
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 11 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2130
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 10 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2129
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 09 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2128
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 08 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2127
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 07 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2126
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 06 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2125
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 05 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2124
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 04 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2123
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 03 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2122
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 02 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2121
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 01 Jan 2022
10:30
ID: 2120
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 31 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2119
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 30 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2118
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 29 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2117
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 28 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2116
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 27 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2115
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 26 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2114
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 25 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2112
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 24 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2111
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 23 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2110
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 22 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2109
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 21 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2108
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 20 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2107
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 19 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2106
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 18 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2105
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 17 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2104
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 16 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2103
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 15 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2102
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 14 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2101
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 13 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2100
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 12 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2099
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 11 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2098
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 10 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2097
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 09 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2096
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 08 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2095
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 07 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2094
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 06 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2093
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Sun 05 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2091
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Sat 04 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2090
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Fri 03 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2089
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 02 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2088
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 01 Dec 2021
10:30
ID: 2087
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 30 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2086
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 29 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2085
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 28 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2084
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 27 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2083
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Fri 26 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2082
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Thu 25 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2081
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 24 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2080
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 23 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2079
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 22 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2078
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 21 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2077
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 20 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2076
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 19 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2075
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 18 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2074
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 17 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2073
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 16 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2072
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 15 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2071
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 14 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2070
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 13 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2069
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 12 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2068
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 11 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2067
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 10 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2066
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 09 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2065
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 08 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2064
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 07 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2063
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 06 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2062
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 05 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2061
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 04 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2060
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 03 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2059
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 02 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2058
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 01 Nov 2021
10:30
ID: 2056
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 31 Oct 2021
10:30
ID: 2055
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 30 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2054
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 29 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2053
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 28 Oct 2021
14:30
ID: 2051
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Thu 28 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2050
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Wed 27 Oct 2021
14:00
ID: 2048
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Wed 27 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2047
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Tue 26 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2045
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 26 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2046
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 25 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2044
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 24 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2043
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 23 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2042
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 22 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2041
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 21 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2040
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Low L VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 20 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2039
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 19 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2038
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 18 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2037
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 17 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2036
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 16 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2035
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 15 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2034
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 14 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2033
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 13 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2032
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 12 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2031
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 11 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2030
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 10 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2029
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 09 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2028
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 08 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2027
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 07 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2026
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 06 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2025
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 05 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2024
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 04 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2023
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 03 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2022
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 02 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2021
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 01 Oct 2021
09:30
ID: 2020
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 30 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2019
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 29 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2018
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 28 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2017
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 27 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2016
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 26 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2015
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 25 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2014
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 24 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2013
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 23 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2012
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 22 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2011
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 21 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2010
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 20 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2009
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 19 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2008
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 18 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2007
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 17 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2006
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 16 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2005
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 15 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2004
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 14 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2003
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 13 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2002
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 12 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2001
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 11 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 2000
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 10 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1999
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 09 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1998
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 08 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1997
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 07 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1996
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 06 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1995
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 05 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1994
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 04 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1993
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 03 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1992
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 02 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1991
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 01 Sep 2021
09:30
ID: 1990
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 31 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1989
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 30 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1988
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 29 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1987
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 28 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1986
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 27 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1985
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 26 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1984
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 25 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1983
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 24 Aug 2021
09:30
ID: 1982
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)

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