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4Warning no Longer in ForceThe warning is no longer in force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 - 11 Apr, 2021

3


Norfolk The River Burn from Southgate and Waterden to Burnham Thorpe

3


Hertfordshire Groundwater flooding in Kimpton and Lilley Bottom

3


Hertfordshire Groundwater flooding in Flamstead

3


Cambridgeshire, Suffolk Groundwater flooding in Newmarket

3


Kent Nailbourne and Little Stour

3


West Berkshire Groundwater flooding in the Great Shefford area