Flood Warning & Alert Types

 
ImageLevelNameMeaning
1Severe Flood WarningSevere Flooding, Danger to Life.
2Flood WarningFlooding is Expected, Immediate Action Required.
3Flood AlertFlooding is Possible, Be Prepared.
4Warning no Longer in ForceThe warning is no longer in force
*Sources updated daily from the Environment Agency's API: https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/id/floods.

Flood level warnings are categorised in severity by a numbering system as shown in the table above. The highest type of flood alert is 1, whereas the lowest type of flood notice is 4.

Flood Alerts, Warnings & Notices - 26 Nov, 2025

4


Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire Upper Bristol Avon area

3


Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire Lower River Soar in Leicestershire

3


Norfolk The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne

4


North Yorkshire River Rye catchment

4


Norfolk The River Bure, Spixworth Beck and surrounding Becks

4


North Yorkshire River Seven catchment

4


Norfolk The tidal River Yare from Thorpe St Andrew to Breydon Water

4


Norfolk, Suffolk The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water

4


North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland North Sea coast from Staithes to Whitby including tidal River Esk

3


East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, York Lower River Derwent

3


East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire Upper River Derwent

3


Shropshire Severn Vyrnwy confluence

4


Norfolk Hunstanton coast in Norfolk

4


Cumberland Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water

2


North Yorkshire River Derwent at Buttercrambe Mill

4


North Yorkshire Pickering Beck and Costa Beck catchments
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