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
Mon 16 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4367
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 15 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4366
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 14 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4365
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Fri 13 Jun 2025
14:30
ID: 4364
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Medium VL M VL VL Significant
Fri 13 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4363
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Medium VL M VL VL Significant
Thu 12 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4362
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 11 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4361
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Tue 10 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4360
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 09 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4359
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 08 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4358
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 07 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4357
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 06 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4356
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 05 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4355
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 04 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4354
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 03 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4353
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 02 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4352
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 01 Jun 2025
09:30
ID: 4351
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 31 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4350
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 30 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4349
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 29 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4348
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 28 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4347
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 27 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4346
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 26 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4345
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 25 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4344
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 24 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4343
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 23 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4342
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 22 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4341
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 21 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4340
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 20 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4339
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 19 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4338
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 18 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4337
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 17 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4336
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 16 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4335
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 15 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4334
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 14 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4333
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 13 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4332
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 12 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4331
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sun 11 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4330
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sat 10 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4329
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 09 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4328
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 08 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4327
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 07 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4326
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 06 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4325
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 05 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4324
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 04 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4323
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 03 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4322
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 02 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4321
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 01 May 2025
09:30
ID: 4320
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 30 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4319
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 29 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4317
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 28 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4316
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 27 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4315
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 26 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4314
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 25 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4313
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 24 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4312
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 23 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4311
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 22 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4310
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 21 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4309
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 20 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4308
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 19 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4307
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 18 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4306
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 17 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4305
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 16 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4304
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 15 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4303
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 14 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4302
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 13 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4301
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 12 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4300
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 11 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4299
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 10 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4298
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 09 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4297
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 08 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4296
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 07 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4295
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 06 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4294
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 05 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4293
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 04 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4292
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 03 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4291
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 02 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4290
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 01 Apr 2025
09:30
ID: 4289
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 31 Mar 2025
09:30
ID: 4288
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 30 Mar 2025
09:30
ID: 4287
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 29 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4286
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 28 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4285
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 27 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4284
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 26 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4283
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 25 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4282
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 24 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4281
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 23 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4280
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 22 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4279
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 21 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4278
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 20 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4277
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 19 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4276
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 18 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4275
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 17 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4274
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 16 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4273
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 15 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4272
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 14 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4271
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 13 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4270
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 12 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4269
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 11 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4268
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 10 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4267
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 09 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4266
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 08 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4265
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 07 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4264
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 06 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4263
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 05 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4262
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 04 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4261
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 03 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4260
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 02 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4259
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 01 Mar 2025
10:30
ID: 4258
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 28 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4257
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 27 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4256
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 26 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4255
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 25 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4254
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 24 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4253
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 23 Feb 2025
15:30
ID: 4252
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Sun 23 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4251
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Sat 22 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4250
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 21 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4249
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Thu 20 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4248
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 19 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4247
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 18 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4246
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 17 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4245
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 16 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4244
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 15 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4243
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 14 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4242
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 13 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4241
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 12 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4240
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 11 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4239
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 10 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4238
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 09 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4237
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 08 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4236
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 07 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4235
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 06 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4234
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 05 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4233
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 04 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4232
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 03 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4231
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 02 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4230
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 01 Feb 2025
10:30
ID: 4229
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 31 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4228
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 30 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4227
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 29 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4226
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 28 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4225
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 27 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4224
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 26 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4223
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 25 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4221
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 24 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4217
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Thu 23 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4216
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Wed 22 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4215
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 21 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4214
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 20 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4213
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 19 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4212
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 18 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4211
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 17 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4210
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 16 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4209
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 15 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4208
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 14 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4207
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 13 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4206
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 12 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4205
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 11 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4204
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 10 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4203
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 09 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4202
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 08 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4201
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 07 Jan 2025
15:30
ID: 4200
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Tue 07 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4199
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Mon 06 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4198
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Sun 05 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4197
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 04 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4196
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Fri 03 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4195
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 02 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4194
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 01 Jan 2025
10:30
ID: 4193
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Tue 31 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4192
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 30 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4191
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 29 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4190
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 28 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4189
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 27 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4188
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 26 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4187
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 25 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4186
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 24 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4185
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 23 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4184
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 22 Dec 2024
10:30
ID: 4183
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)

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.