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.

Flood Guidance Statement Archive

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3742 Statements
Date & Time Thumbnail Overall flood risk River Surface Ground Coastal Highest impact Actions
Thu 26 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1410
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 25 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1409
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 24 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1408
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 23 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1407
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 22 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1406
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 21 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1405
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 20 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1404
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 19 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1403
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 18 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1401
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 17 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1400
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 16 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1399
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 15 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1398
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 14 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1397
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 13 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1396
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Low VL VL L L Significant
Fri 13 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1395
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Low VL VL L L Significant
Thu 12 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1394
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Low L VL L L Significant
Wed 11 Mar 2020
15:00
ID: 1393
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Low L VL L L Significant
Wed 11 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1391
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Low L VL L L Significant
Wed 11 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1390
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Low L VL L L Significant
Tue 10 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1389
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Low L VL L L Significant
Mon 09 Mar 2020
15:30
ID: 1388
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Medium M M L L Significant
Mon 09 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1387
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Medium M M L L Significant
Sun 08 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1386
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Low L L L L Significant
Sat 07 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1385
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Low L L L L Significant
Sat 07 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1383
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Low L L L L Significant
Fri 06 Mar 2020
15:00
ID: 1382
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Low L VL L L Significant
Fri 06 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1381
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Low L VL L L Significant
Thu 05 Mar 2020
15:00
ID: 1380
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Medium M L L L Significant
Thu 05 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1379
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Medium M L L L Significant
Wed 04 Mar 2020
15:00
ID: 1378
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Wed 04 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1377
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Tue 03 Mar 2020
15:00
ID: 1376
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Tue 03 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1375
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Mon 02 Mar 2020
15:00
ID: 1374
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Mon 02 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1373
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Sun 01 Mar 2020
15:00
ID: 1372
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Sun 01 Mar 2020
10:30
ID: 1371
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Sat 29 Feb 2020
15:30
ID: 1370
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Sat 29 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1369
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Fri 28 Feb 2020
15:30
ID: 1368
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Medium M L L VL Significant
Fri 28 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1367
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Medium M L L VL Significant
Thu 27 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1366
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High H L L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Thu 27 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1364
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High H L L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Thu 27 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1365
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High H L L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Wed 26 Feb 2020
17:00
ID: 1363
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High H L L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Wed 26 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1362
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High H L L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Wed 26 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1360
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High H L L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Tue 25 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1359
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High H VL L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Tue 25 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1358
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High H VL L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Mon 24 Feb 2020
17:30
ID: 1357
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High H VL L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Mon 24 Feb 2020
15:30
ID: 1356
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Medium M VL L VL Extreme (was Severe)
Mon 24 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1355
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Sun 23 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1354
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Low L L L VL Significant
Sat 22 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1353
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Low L L L VL Significant
Fri 21 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1352
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Low L L L VL Significant
Fri 21 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1350
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Low L L L VL Significant
Thu 20 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1349
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Low L L L VL Significant
Wed 19 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1348
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Medium M L L VL Significant
Wed 19 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1347
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Medium M L L VL Significant
Tue 18 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1346
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Medium M L L VL Significant
Tue 18 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1345
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Mon 17 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1344
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Mon 17 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1343
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Mon 17 Feb 2020
01:30
ID: 1342
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Sun 16 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1337
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Sun 16 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1339
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Sun 16 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1336
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High H H VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sun 16 Feb 2020
06:00
ID: 1335
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High H H VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sat 15 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1333
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sat 15 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1330
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Fri 14 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1328
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Fri 14 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1327
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Thu 13 Feb 2020
15:00
ID: 1326
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Thu 13 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1324
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Wed 12 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1323
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Low L L VL L Significant
Tue 11 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1322
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Low L L VL L Significant
Mon 10 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1321
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Low L VL VL L Significant
Sun 09 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1320
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Low L L VL L Significant
Sat 08 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1318
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Low L L VL L Significant
Fri 07 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1317
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Low L L VL L Significant
Thu 06 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1316
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 05 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1315
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 04 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1314
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 03 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1313
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 02 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1312
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 01 Feb 2020
10:30
ID: 1311
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 31 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1309
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 30 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1308
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 29 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1307
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 28 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1306
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 27 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1305
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 26 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1304
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 25 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1303
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 24 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1302
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 23 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1301
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 22 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1300
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 21 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1299
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 20 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1298
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 19 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1297
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 18 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1296
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 17 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1295
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 16 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1294
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 15 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1293
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 14 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1292
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 13 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1291
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 12 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1290
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 11 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1289
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 10 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1288
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 09 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1287
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 08 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1286
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 07 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1285
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 06 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1284
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 05 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1283
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 04 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1282
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 03 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1281
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 02 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1280
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 01 Jan 2020
10:30
ID: 1279
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 31 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1278
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 30 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1277
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 29 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1275
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 28 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1274
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 27 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1273
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 26 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1272
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 25 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1271
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 24 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1270
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 23 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1269
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 22 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1268
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Low L VL L VL Significant
Sat 21 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1264
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 20 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1263
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 19 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1262
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 18 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1261
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 17 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1260
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 16 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1259
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 15 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1258
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 14 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1257
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 13 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1256
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 12 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1255
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 11 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1254
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 10 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1253
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 09 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1251
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 08 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1250
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 07 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1249
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 06 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1248
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 05 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1247
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 04 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1246
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 03 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1245
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 02 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1244
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 01 Dec 2019
10:30
ID: 1243
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 30 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1242
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 29 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1241
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 28 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1240
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Low VL VL L L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 27 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1239
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Low L L L L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 26 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1238
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Low L L L L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 25 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1237
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 24 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1236
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Low L L L VL Significant
Sat 23 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1235
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Low L L L VL Significant
Fri 22 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1233
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 21 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1232
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 20 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1230
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 19 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1229
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 18 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1228
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 17 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1227
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Sat 16 Nov 2019
15:00
ID: 1226
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Sat 16 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1225
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Fri 15 Nov 2019
15:00
ID: 1224
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Fri 15 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1223
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Thu 14 Nov 2019
14:00
ID: 1222
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Thu 14 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1221
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Wed 13 Nov 2019
15:00
ID: 1220
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 13 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1219
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 12 Nov 2019
14:00
ID: 1218
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 12 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1217
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Mon 11 Nov 2019
15:30
ID: 1216
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 11 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1215
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Sun 10 Nov 2019
15:30
ID: 1214
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 10 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1213
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 09 Nov 2019
15:30
ID: 1212
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Sat 09 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1210
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Sat 09 Nov 2019
10:30
ID: 1209
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Fri 08 Nov 2019
15:30
ID: 1208
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant

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