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 24 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1797
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Low VL L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 23 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1796
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Low VL L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 22 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1795
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Low VL L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 21 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1794
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 20 Feb 2021
15:00
ID: 1793
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Low L L L VL Significant
Sat 20 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1792
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Medium L M L VL Significant
Fri 19 Feb 2021
15:30
ID: 1791
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Medium M M L VL Significant
Fri 19 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1790
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Low L L L VL Significant
Thu 18 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1788
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 18 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1789
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 17 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1786
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 17 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1787
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 16 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1785
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 15 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1784
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 14 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1783
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 13 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1782
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 12 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1781
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 11 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1779
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 10 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1778
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 09 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1777
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 08 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1776
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 07 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1775
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 06 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1774
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 05 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1773
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 04 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1772
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 03 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1771
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 02 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1770
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 01 Feb 2021
10:30
ID: 1769
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 31 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1767
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 30 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1766
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 29 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1765
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 28 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1764
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 27 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1763
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 26 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1762
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 25 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1760
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 24 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1759
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 23 Jan 2021
15:00
ID: 1758
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Sat 23 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1757
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Fri 22 Jan 2021
15:00
ID: 1756
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Fri 22 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1755
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Thu 21 Jan 2021
15:00
ID: 1754
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Thu 21 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1753
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Wed 20 Jan 2021
15:00
ID: 1752
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Wed 20 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1750
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Tue 19 Jan 2021
15:00
ID: 1749
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Tue 19 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1748
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Mon 18 Jan 2021
15:00
ID: 1747
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Mon 18 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1746
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Sun 17 Jan 2021
15:00
ID: 1745
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Sun 17 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1742
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Sat 16 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1741
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 15 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1740
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 14 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1739
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 13 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1738
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 12 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1737
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 11 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1736
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 10 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1735
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 09 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1734
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 08 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1733
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 07 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1732
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 06 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1731
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 05 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1730
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 04 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1729
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 03 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1728
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 02 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1727
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 01 Jan 2021
10:30
ID: 1726
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 31 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1725
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 30 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1724
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Tue 29 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1723
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Mon 28 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1722
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Sun 27 Dec 2020
15:00
ID: 1721
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Sun 27 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1720
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Sat 26 Dec 2020
15:00
ID: 1719
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 26 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1718
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Fri 25 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1717
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 24 Dec 2020
12:30
ID: 1716
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Thu 24 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1715
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 23 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1714
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 22 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1713
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 21 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1712
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 20 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1711
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 19 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1710
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 18 Dec 2020
15:00
ID: 1709
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Fri 18 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1708
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Thu 17 Dec 2020
16:00
ID: 1707
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Thu 17 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1706
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 16 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1705
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 15 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1704
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 14 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1702
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 14 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1703
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 13 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1701
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 12 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1700
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 11 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1699
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 10 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1698
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 09 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1697
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 08 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1696
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 07 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1695
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 06 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1694
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 05 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1693
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 04 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1692
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 03 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1690
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 02 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1689
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 01 Dec 2020
10:30
ID: 1688
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 30 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1687
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 29 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1686
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 28 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1685
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 27 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1684
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 26 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1683
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 25 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1682
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 24 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1681
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 23 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1680
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 22 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1679
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 21 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1678
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 20 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1677
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 19 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1676
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Wed 18 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1675
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Tue 17 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1674
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Tue 17 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1673
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Mon 16 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1672
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 15 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1671
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Low L VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 14 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1666
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 13 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1660
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 13 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1664
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 12 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1659
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 11 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1658
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 10 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1657
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 09 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1656
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 08 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1655
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 07 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1654
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 06 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1653
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 05 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1652
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 04 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1651
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 03 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1650
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 02 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1649
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 01 Nov 2020
10:30
ID: 1648
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 31 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1646
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 30 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1644
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 29 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1643
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 28 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1642
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 27 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1640
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 27 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1641
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 26 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1639
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 25 Oct 2020
10:30
ID: 1637
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 24 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1636
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Fri 23 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1635
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Thu 22 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1634
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Wed 21 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1633
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Low VL L VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Tue 20 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1632
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 19 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1631
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 18 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1630
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 17 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1629
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 16 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1628
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 16 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1627
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 15 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1626
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 14 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1624
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 13 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1623
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 12 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1622
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 11 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1621
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 10 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1620
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 09 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1619
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 08 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1618
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 07 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1617
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 06 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1616
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 05 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1615
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Low L VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 04 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1614
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Low L VL VL L Significant
Sat 03 Oct 2020
14:30
ID: 1613
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Medium L M VL L Significant
Sat 03 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1611
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Medium L M VL L Significant
Fri 02 Oct 2020
14:30
ID: 1610
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Medium L M VL L Significant
Fri 02 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1609
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Medium L M VL L Significant
Thu 01 Oct 2020
09:30
ID: 1608
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Low L L VL L Significant
Wed 30 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1607
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Low VL L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 29 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1606
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 28 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1605
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 27 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1604
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 26 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1603
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 25 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1602
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 24 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1601
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 23 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1600
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 22 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1599
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 21 Sep 2020
09:30
ID: 1598
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)

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