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
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Sun 03 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 456
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 02 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 455
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 01 Dec 2017
10:30
ID: 454
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 30 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 452
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 29 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 451
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 28 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 450
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 27 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 449
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 26 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 448
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 25 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 447
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 24 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 446
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 23 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 445
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 22 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 444
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 21 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 443
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 20 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 442
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 19 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 441
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 18 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 440
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 17 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 439
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 16 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 438
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 15 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 437
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 14 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 436
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 13 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 435
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 12 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 434
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 11 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 433
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 10 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 432
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 09 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 431
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 08 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 430
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 07 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 429
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 06 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 428
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 05 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 427
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 04 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 426
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 03 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 425
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 02 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 424
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 01 Nov 2017
10:30
ID: 423
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 31 Oct 2017
10:30
ID: 422
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 30 Oct 2017
10:30
ID: 421
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 29 Oct 2017
10:30
ID: 419
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 28 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 418
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 27 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 417
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 26 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 416
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 25 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 415
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 24 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 413
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 20 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 407
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Thu 19 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 406
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Wed 18 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 405
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Tue 17 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 404
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 16 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 403
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 15 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 402
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 14 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 400
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 13 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 399
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 12 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 398
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 11 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 397
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 10 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 396
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 09 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 395
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 08 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 394
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 07 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 393
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 06 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 392
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 05 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 391
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 04 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 390
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 03 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 389
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 02 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 388
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 01 Oct 2017
09:30
ID: 387
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 30 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 386
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 29 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 385
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 28 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 384
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 27 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 383
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 26 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 382
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 25 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 381
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 24 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 380
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 23 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 379
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 22 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 378
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 21 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 377
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 20 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 376
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 19 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 375
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 18 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 374
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 17 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 373
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 16 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 372
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 15 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 371
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 14 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 370
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 13 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 369
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 12 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 368
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 11 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 367
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 10 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 366
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 09 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 365
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 08 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 364
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 07 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 363
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 06 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 362
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 05 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 361
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 04 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 360
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 03 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 359
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 03 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 358
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 02 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 357
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 01 Sep 2017
09:30
ID: 355
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 31 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 353
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 30 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 352
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 29 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 351
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 28 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 349
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 27 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 348
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 26 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 347
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 25 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 346
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 24 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 345
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 23 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 344
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 22 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 343
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 21 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 342
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 20 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 341
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 19 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 340
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 18 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 339
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 17 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 338
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Wed 16 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 337
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 16 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 335
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 15 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 334
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 14 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 333
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 13 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 332
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 12 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 331
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 11 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 330
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 10 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 329
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 09 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 328
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Tue 08 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 326
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 07 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 324
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 07 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 323
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 06 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 322
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 05 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 321
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 04 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 320
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 03 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 319
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 02 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 318
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 01 Aug 2017
09:30
ID: 317
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 31 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 316
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 30 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 315
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 29 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 314
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 28 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 313
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 27 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 312
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 26 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 311
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 25 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 310
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 24 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 309
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 23 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 308
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 22 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 307
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 21 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 306
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 20 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 305
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 19 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 304
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 18 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 303
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 17 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 302
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 17 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 301
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 16 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 300
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 15 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 299
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 14 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 298
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 13 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 297
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 12 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 296
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 11 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 295
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 10 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 294
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 09 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 293
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 08 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 292
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 07 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 291
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 06 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 290
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 05 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 289
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 04 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 288
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 03 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 287
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 02 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 286
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 01 Jul 2017
09:30
ID: 285
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 30 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 284
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 29 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 283
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 28 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 282
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 27 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 281
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 26 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 280
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 25 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 268
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 24 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 267
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 23 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 266
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 22 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 265
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 21 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 264
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 20 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 263
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 19 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 262
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 18 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 251
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 17 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 250
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 16 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 248
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 15 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 247
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 14 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 246
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 13 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 245
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 12 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 244
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 11 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 243
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 10 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 241
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 09 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 240
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 08 Jun 2017
09:30
ID: 239
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)

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