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 31 May 2018
09:30
ID: 652
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Medium L M VL VL Significant
Wed 30 May 2018
09:30
ID: 650
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 29 May 2018
09:30
ID: 649
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 28 May 2018
09:30
ID: 648
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 27 May 2018
09:30
ID: 647
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 26 May 2018
09:30
ID: 646
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 25 May 2018
09:30
ID: 645
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 24 May 2018
09:30
ID: 644
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 23 May 2018
09:30
ID: 643
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 22 May 2018
09:30
ID: 642
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 21 May 2018
09:30
ID: 641
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 20 May 2018
09:30
ID: 640
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 19 May 2018
09:30
ID: 639
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 18 May 2018
09:30
ID: 638
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 17 May 2018
09:30
ID: 637
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 16 May 2018
09:30
ID: 636
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 15 May 2018
09:30
ID: 635
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 14 May 2018
09:30
ID: 634
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 13 May 2018
09:30
ID: 633
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 12 May 2018
09:30
ID: 632
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 11 May 2018
09:30
ID: 631
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 10 May 2018
09:30
ID: 630
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 09 May 2018
09:30
ID: 629
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 08 May 2018
09:30
ID: 628
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 07 May 2018
09:30
ID: 627
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 06 May 2018
09:30
ID: 626
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 05 May 2018
09:30
ID: 625
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 04 May 2018
09:30
ID: 624
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 03 May 2018
09:30
ID: 623
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 02 May 2018
09:30
ID: 622
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 01 May 2018
09:30
ID: 621
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 30 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 620
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 29 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 619
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 28 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 618
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 27 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 617
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 26 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 616
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 25 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 615
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 24 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 614
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Significant
Mon 23 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 613
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Significant
Sun 22 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 612
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Significant
Sat 21 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 611
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 20 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 610
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 18 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 609
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 17 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 608
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 16 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 607
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 15 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 606
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 14 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 605
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 13 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 604
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Thu 12 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 603
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 11 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 602
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 10 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 601
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 09 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 600
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 08 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 599
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 07 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 598
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 06 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 597
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 05 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 596
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 04 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 595
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 03 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 594
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 02 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 593
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 01 Apr 2018
09:30
ID: 592
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 31 Mar 2018
09:30
ID: 591
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 30 Mar 2018
09:30
ID: 590
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 29 Mar 2018
09:30
ID: 589
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 28 Mar 2018
09:30
ID: 587
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 27 Mar 2018
09:30
ID: 586
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 26 Mar 2018
09:30
ID: 585
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 25 Mar 2018
09:30
ID: 584
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 24 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 583
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 23 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 582
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 22 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 581
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 21 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 579
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 20 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 578
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 19 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 577
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 18 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 576
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 17 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 575
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 16 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 573
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 15 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 572
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 14 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 571
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 13 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 570
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 12 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 569
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 11 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 568
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 10 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 567
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 09 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 566
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 08 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 565
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 07 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 564
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 06 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 563
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 05 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 562
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 04 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 561
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 03 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 560
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 02 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 559
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 01 Mar 2018
10:30
ID: 558
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 28 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 557
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 27 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 556
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 26 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 555
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 25 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 554
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 24 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 553
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 23 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 552
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 22 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 551
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 21 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 549
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 20 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 548
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 19 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 547
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 18 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 546
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 17 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 545
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 16 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 544
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 15 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 543
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 14 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 542
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 13 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 541
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 12 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 540
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 11 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 539
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 10 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 538
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 09 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 537
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 08 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 536
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 07 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 535
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 06 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 534
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 05 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 533
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 04 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 532
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 03 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 531
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 02 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 530
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 01 Feb 2018
10:30
ID: 529
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 31 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 528
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 30 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 527
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 29 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 526
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 28 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 525
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 27 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 524
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 26 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 523
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 25 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 522
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 24 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 521
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 23 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 520
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 22 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 519
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 21 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 518
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 20 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 517
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 19 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 516
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 18 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 515
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 17 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 514
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 16 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 513
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 15 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 512
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 14 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 511
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 13 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 510
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 12 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 508
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 11 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 506
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 10 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 505
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 09 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 504
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 08 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 503
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 07 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 502
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 06 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 501
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 05 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 500
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 04 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 499
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 03 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 497
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Tue 02 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 493
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Mon 01 Jan 2018
10:30
ID: 490
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Sun 31 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 488
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Sat 30 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 487
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Low VL L VL L Significant
Fri 29 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 486
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Low VL L VL L Significant
Thu 28 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 485
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 27 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 484
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 26 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 483
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 25 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 482
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 24 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 481
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 23 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 480
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 22 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 479
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 21 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 478
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 20 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 476
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 19 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 475
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 19 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 474
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 18 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 473
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 17 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 472
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 16 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 471
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 15 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 470
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 14 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 469
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 13 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 468
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 12 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 467
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 11 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 466
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 10 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 465
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 09 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 464
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 08 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 462
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Fri 08 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 463
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Thu 07 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 461
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Wed 06 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 460
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Tue 05 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 458
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Mon 04 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 457
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Low VL VL VL L Significant

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