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
Tue 02 Dec 2025
10:30
ID: 4565
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 01 Dec 2025
15:30
ID: 4564
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Mon 01 Dec 2025
10:30
ID: 4563
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sun 30 Nov 2025
15:30
ID: 4562
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sun 30 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4559
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sat 29 Nov 2025
15:00
ID: 4558
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Medium L M VL VL Significant
Sat 29 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4556
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Medium L M VL VL Significant
Fri 28 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4554
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 27 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4553
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 26 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4552
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 25 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4551
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 24 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4550
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 23 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4549
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 22 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4548
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 21 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4547
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 20 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4546
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 19 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4545
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 18 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4544
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 17 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4543
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 16 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4541
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Sun 16 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4542
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Sat 15 Nov 2025
15:30
ID: 4540
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Sat 15 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4539
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Fri 14 Nov 2025
14:30
ID: 4536
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Fri 14 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4534
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Thu 13 Nov 2025
15:30
ID: 4532
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Thu 13 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4531
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Medium M M VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Wed 12 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4528
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 11 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4527
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 10 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4525
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 09 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4524
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 08 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4523
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 07 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4522
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Low L VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 06 Nov 2025
15:30
ID: 4521
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Medium M VL VL M Significant
Thu 06 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4520
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Medium M VL VL M Significant
Wed 05 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4519
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Low L VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 04 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4518
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 03 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4517
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Low L L VL L Significant
Sun 02 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4516
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Low VL VL VL L Significant
Sat 01 Nov 2025
10:30
ID: 4515
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Low L VL VL L Significant
Fri 31 Oct 2025
10:30
ID: 4514
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 30 Oct 2025
10:30
ID: 4513
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 29 Oct 2025
10:30
ID: 4512
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 28 Oct 2025
10:30
ID: 4511
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 27 Oct 2025
10:30
ID: 4510
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 26 Oct 2025
10:30
ID: 4509
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 25 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4508
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 24 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4507
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 23 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4506
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 22 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4505
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 21 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4504
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 20 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4503
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 19 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4502
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 18 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4501
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 17 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4500
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 16 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4499
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 15 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4498
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 14 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4497
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 13 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4496
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 12 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4495
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 11 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4494
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 10 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4493
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 09 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4492
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 08 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4491
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 07 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4490
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 06 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4489
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 05 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4488
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 04 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4487
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 03 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4486
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 02 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4485
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 01 Oct 2025
09:30
ID: 4484
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 30 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4483
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 29 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4482
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 28 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4480
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 27 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4479
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 26 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4478
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 25 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4477
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 24 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4476
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 23 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4475
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 22 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4474
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 21 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4473
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 20 Sep 2025
14:30
ID: 4471
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 20 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4470
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 19 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4469
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Thu 18 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4468
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 17 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4467
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 16 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4466
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 15 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4465
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 14 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4464
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 13 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4460
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 13 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4462
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 12 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4459
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 11 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4458
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 10 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4457
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 09 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4456
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 08 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4454
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 07 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4453
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sat 06 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4452
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 05 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4451
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 04 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4450
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 03 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4449
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Tue 02 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4448
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 01 Sep 2025
09:30
ID: 4447
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 31 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4446
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 30 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4445
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 29 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4444
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 28 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4442
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 27 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4441
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 26 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4440
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 25 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4439
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 24 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4438
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 23 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4437
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 22 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4436
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 21 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4435
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 20 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4434
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 19 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4433
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 18 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4432
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 17 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4431
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 16 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4430
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 15 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4429
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 14 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4428
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 13 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4427
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 12 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4426
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 11 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4425
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 10 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4424
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 09 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4423
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 08 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4422
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 07 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4421
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 06 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4420
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 05 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4419
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 04 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4418
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 03 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4417
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 02 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4416
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 01 Aug 2025
09:30
ID: 4415
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 31 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4414
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 30 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4413
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Tue 29 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4412
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 28 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4411
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 27 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4410
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 26 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4409
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 25 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4408
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 24 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4407
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 23 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4405
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 22 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4404
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 21 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4403
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sun 20 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4402
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sat 19 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4401
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Fri 18 Jul 2025
14:30
ID: 4400
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Medium VL M VL VL Significant
Fri 18 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4399
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Medium VL M VL VL Significant
Thu 17 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4398
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 16 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4397
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 15 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4396
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 14 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4395
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 13 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4394
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 12 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4393
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 11 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4392
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 10 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4391
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 09 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4390
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 08 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4389
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 07 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4388
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 06 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4387
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 05 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4386
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 04 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4385
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 03 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4384
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 02 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4383
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 01 Jul 2025
09:30
ID: 4382
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 30 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4381
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 29 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4380
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 28 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4379
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 27 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4378
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 26 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4377
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 25 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4376
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 24 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4375
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 23 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4374
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 22 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4373
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 21 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4372
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Fri 20 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4371
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Thu 19 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4370
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 18 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4369
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 17 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4368
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)

Flood Guidance Statement data from the Flood Forecasting Centre (a partnership of the Met Office and Environment Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.