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
Thu 11 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3791
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 10 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3790
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 09 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3789
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 08 Jan 2024
15:30
ID: 3788
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Mon 08 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3787
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Medium M VL L VL Significant
Sun 07 Jan 2024
15:30
ID: 3786
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Sun 07 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3785
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Sat 06 Jan 2024
15:30
ID: 3784
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Sat 06 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3782
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Low L VL VL VL Significant
Fri 05 Jan 2024
15:00
ID: 3781
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Fri 05 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3780
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Medium M VL VL VL Significant
Thu 04 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3779
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 03 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3778
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Tue 02 Jan 2024
15:30
ID: 3777
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Tue 02 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3774
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 02 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3771
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 01 Jan 2024
10:30
ID: 3770
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 31 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3769
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 30 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3768
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 29 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3767
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 28 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3766
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 27 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3765
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 26 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3761
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 25 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3760
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 24 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3759
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 23 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3758
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 22 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3757
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 21 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3755
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Low L VL L L Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 20 Dec 2023
15:00
ID: 3754
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Medium M VL L M Significant
Wed 20 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3753
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Medium M VL L M Significant
Tue 19 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3752
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Low L VL L L Significant
Mon 18 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3750
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Low VL VL L L Significant
Sun 17 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3749
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Low VL VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 16 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3748
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 15 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3747
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 14 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3746
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 13 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3745
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Low L VL L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 12 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3743
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 11 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3742
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 10 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3741
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Low L L L VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 09 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3740
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Low L L L VL Significant
Fri 08 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3739
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 07 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3738
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 06 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3736
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 05 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3735
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 04 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3734
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 03 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3732
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sat 02 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3731
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 01 Dec 2023
10:30
ID: 3730
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 30 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3729
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 29 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3728
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 28 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3727
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 27 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3726
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 26 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3725
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 25 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3724
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 24 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3723
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 23 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3722
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 22 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3721
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 21 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3720
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 20 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3719
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 19 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3718
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 18 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3717
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 17 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3715
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 16 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3714
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 15 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3712
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 14 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3711
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 13 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3710
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 12 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3708
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 11 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3707
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 10 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3706
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 09 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3705
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 08 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3704
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 07 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3703
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 06 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3702
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 05 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3701
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Low L VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 04 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3700
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Low L L VL L Significant
Fri 03 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3699
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Low L L VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 02 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3698
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Low L L VL L Significant
Wed 01 Nov 2023
10:30
ID: 3695
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Low L L VL L Significant
Tue 31 Oct 2023
10:30
ID: 3694
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Low L L VL L Significant
Mon 30 Oct 2023
10:30
ID: 3692
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Low L L VL L Significant
Sun 29 Oct 2023
10:30
ID: 3690
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Medium L L VL M Significant
Sat 28 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3688
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Medium L L VL M Significant
Fri 27 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3687
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Low L L VL L Significant
Thu 26 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3686
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Low L L VL L Significant
Wed 25 Oct 2023
14:30
ID: 3683
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Low L L VL L Significant
Wed 25 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3681
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Low L VL VL L Significant
Tue 24 Oct 2023
14:30
ID: 3680
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Tue 24 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3677
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Mon 23 Oct 2023
14:30
ID: 3676
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 23 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3675
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 22 Oct 2023
14:30
ID: 3674
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Medium M VL VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sun 22 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3672
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Medium M VL VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sat 21 Oct 2023
14:00
ID: 3671
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Medium M VL VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Sat 21 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3670
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Medium M VL VL VL Extreme (was Severe)
Fri 20 Oct 2023
14:30
ID: 3669
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Fri 20 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3668
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Thu 19 Oct 2023
14:30
ID: 3667
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Thu 19 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3666
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Wed 18 Oct 2023
14:30
ID: 3665
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Medium M L VL VL Significant
Wed 18 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3664
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Medium M M VL VL Significant
Tue 17 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3663
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Mon 16 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3662
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Sun 15 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3661
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 14 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3660
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 13 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3659
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 12 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3658
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 11 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3657
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 10 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3656
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 09 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3655
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 08 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3654
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 07 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3653
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 06 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3652
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 05 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3651
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 04 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3650
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 03 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3649
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 02 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3648
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 01 Oct 2023
09:30
ID: 3647
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 30 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3645
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Low VL VL VL L Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 29 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3644
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 28 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3643
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Low L L VL VL Significant
Wed 27 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3642
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 26 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3641
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 25 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3640
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 24 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3639
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 23 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3638
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 22 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3637
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 21 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3636
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 20 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3635
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 19 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3634
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 18 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3633
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Low L L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 17 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3632
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sat 16 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3631
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Fri 15 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3630
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 14 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3629
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 13 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3628
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 12 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3627
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Mon 11 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3626
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 10 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3625
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sat 09 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3624
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Fri 08 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3623
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Thu 07 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3622
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 06 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3621
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 05 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3620
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 04 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3619
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 03 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3618
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 02 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3617
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 01 Sep 2023
09:30
ID: 3616
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 31 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3615
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 30 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3614
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 29 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3613
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 28 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3612
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sun 27 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3611
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 26 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3610
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 25 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3609
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 24 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3608
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 23 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3607
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 22 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3606
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 21 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3604
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 20 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3603
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sat 19 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3602
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Fri 18 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3601
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Thu 17 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3600
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 16 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3599
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 15 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3598
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 14 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3597
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sun 13 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3596
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Low VL L VL VL Significant
Sat 12 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3593
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 11 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3592
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Thu 10 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3591
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Wed 09 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3590
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Tue 08 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3589
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Mon 07 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3588
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Minor (was Minimal)
Sun 06 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3587
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Sat 05 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3586
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Fri 04 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3585
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Thu 03 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3584
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Wed 02 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3583
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Low VL L VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Tue 01 Aug 2023
09:30
ID: 3582
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Very Low VL VL VL VL Moderate (was Minor)
Mon 31 Jul 2023
09:30
ID: 3581
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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.