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4Warning no Longer in ForceThe warning is no longer in force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 - 07 Dec, 2023

3


Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire Upper Bristol Avon area

3


Gloucestershire, Worcestershire River Severn in Gloucestershire

3


Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire Lower River Soar in Leicestershire

3


Gloucestershire, Wiltshire River Churn and its tributaries

3


Oxfordshire River Cherwell from Lower Heyford down to and including Oxford

3


North Yorkshire, York Upper River Ouse

4


Powys, Shropshire Severn Vyrnwy confluence

3


East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire Upper River Derwent

3


Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire River Evenlode from Moreton in Marsh to Cassington and also the River Glyme at Wootton and Woodstock

3


Somerset West Somerset Streams

3


Oxfordshire River Thames and tributaries in the Oxford area

3


Dorset Council Lower Frome and tributaries

3


Somerset Lower Tone and Parrett Moors

3


Herefordshire River Lugg south of Leominster

3


Hampshire, West Sussex Western Rother

3


Dorset Council, Hampshire, Wiltshire Middle Avon and tributaries

3


Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire River Thames and tributaries from Buscot Wick down to Kings Lock

3


Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire River Ray and its tributaries from Shipton Lee to and including Islip

3


West Sussex Aldingbourne and Barnham Rifes

3


Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Swindon, Wiltshire River Thames and its small tributaries from Calcutt to Lechlade

3


East Riding of Yorkshire River Foulness and Market Weighton catchment

3


Norfolk The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne

3


East Riding of Yorkshire Upper River Hull catchment

3


Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire River Thame, Horsenden Stream and Chalgrove Brook

3


Dorset Council, Somerset South East Somerset Rivers, Upper Reaches

3


Oxfordshire, West Berkshire River Pang from East Ilsley to Pangbourne and Sulham Brook

2


North Yorkshire River Derwent at Buttercrambe Mill

3


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

3


Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council, Hampshire Lower Avon and tributaries

3


Dorset Council River Piddle and tributaries

3


Derby, Derbyshire, Leicestershire River Trent in Derbyshire

3


Shropshire, Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin, Wrexham Tern and Perry catchments

2


York River Ouse at York - riverside properties

3


Isle of Wight Eastern Yar

3


Swindon, Wiltshire Groundwater flooding in the Upper Og Valley

3


Bracknell Forest, Surrey, Windsor and Maidenhead Chertsey Bourne

3


Gloucestershire, Wiltshire Tributaries on the Upper River Thames above Cricklade

3


Lincolnshire, Rutland East and West Glens

3


Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire Mid Bristol Avon area

3


Somerset River Yeo and River Parrett Moors around Muchelney and Thorney

3


Dorset Council, Somerset Rivers Yeo and Parrett, downstream of Yeovil to Steart

4


North Yorkshire River Seven catchment

3


Hampshire Groundwater flooding in Hambledon

3


Hampshire, West Sussex Groundwater flooding in Finchdean, Dean Lane End and Rowlands Castle

4


Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire River Erewash in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

4


Nottingham, Nottinghamshire River Trent Tributaries in Nottinghamshire

4


Nottinghamshire River Maun in Nottinghamshire

3


Oxfordshire, West Berkshire Groundwater flooding in the Lambourn Valley catchment

4


Staffordshire River Churnet and River Tean

3


Lincolnshire Minor watercourses of the South Forty Foot Drain

3


Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland Witham in South Kesteven

3


Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire Witham in North Kesteven

3


Lincolnshire Tributaries of the lower River Witham from Blankney to Sleaford

4


Nottinghamshire River Maun at Haughton, Milton and West Drayton

3


Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough

3


Devon, Dorset Council West Dorset Rivers and Streams

3


Devon, Torbay River Teign area

3


Cornwall, Devon Upper River Tamar

3


Devon, Somerset Rivers Clyst and Culm and their tributaries

3


Staffordshire, Wolverhampton River Sow and River Penk

4


Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire River Devon and Smite in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire

3


Devon, Dorset Council, Somerset River Axe area

3


Solihull, Warwickshire River Blythe in Warwickshire

4


Warwickshire, Worcestershire River Arrow and River Alne

4


Birmingham, Solihull, Warwickshire, Worcestershire River Cole

3


Coventry, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire Middle Avon Rugby to Bidford

3


Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire River Anker and River Sence

3


Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire Middle Tame

3


Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Northamptonshire Upper Avon River Swift and Clay Coton Brook

4


Leicester, Leicestershire Upper Soar catchment

3


Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire River Avon in Worcestershire

3


Worcestershire Bow and Piddle Brook

3


Warwickshire, West Northamptonshire River Leam and River Itchen

4


Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire Loughborough urban watercourses and local tributaries to the River Soar

4


Worcestershire River Salwarpe

3


Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire River Leadon catchment

4


Herefordshire, Powys, Shropshire Upper Teme

3


Kent Upper River Stour

2


Dorset Council Upper Frome from Maiden Newton to Dorchester

2


Dorset Council Upper Frome at Maiden Newton

4


Dorset Council, Somerset River Parrett (upper) from South Perrott to Thorney

4


Somerset River Brue and Glastonbury Millstream from Lovington to Highbridge, low lying properties

4


Cambridgeshire, North Northamptonshire Alconbury Brook in Cambridgeshire

3


Hampshire, Wiltshire River Blackwater

3


Somerset East Somerset Rivers

4


Warwickshire River Dene in South East Warwickshire

3


Bedford, Cambridgeshire Riseley Brook in Bedford Borough

3


Cambridgeshire Bury Brook in Cambridgeshire

4


Worcestershire Barbourne Brook

4


Somerset River Parrett (upper) at Thorney and Kingsbury Episcopi

4


Leicester, Leicestershire Rothley Brook and Quorn Brook in Leicestershire

4


Leicestershire River Sence in Leicestershire

3


Dorset Council, Somerset, Wiltshire Upper Stour and tributaries

3


Bedford, Cambridgeshire, North Northamptonshire River Kym in Bedford Borough and Cambridgeshire

3


Dorset Council, Somerset South Somerset Rivers, Upper Reaches

4


Dorset Council, Somerset River Yeo from Sherborne to Yeovil

4


Derby, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire Tributaries in South Derbyshire

3


Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, West Northamptonshire Upper River Great Ouse in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

3


Lincolnshire Barlings Eau and Duckpool Catchwater

4


Surrey River Mole and its tributaries from Kinnersley Manor to South Hersham

3


Lincolnshire Rase and Upper Ancholme

3


North Northamptonshire Harpers Brook and Willow Brook

2


Dorset Council, Somerset Upper Stour from Gillingham to Hammoon

3


Lincolnshire Bain catchment

3


Wiltshire River Nadder and tributaries

4


Derbyshire Lower Dove Brooks and Egginton Brook in Derbyshire

4


Derbyshire River Amber in Derbyshire

3


Milton Keynes, West Northamptonshire River Tove in Northamptonshire

3


Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset North Somerset area

3


Leicestershire, Rutland River Wreake in Leicestershire

3


Lincolnshire River Steeping

3


Staffordshire, Walsall Bourne Brook (Tamworth)

4


Warwickshire River Swift at Rugby

4


Somerset River Yeo at Mudford

3


Devon, Somerset River Tone catchment

4


Nottingham, Nottinghamshire River Leen, Day Brook and Tottle Brook in Nottinghamshire

4


Kent River Beult from Pluckley and Bethersden to Stilebridge

3


Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire Lower River Ancholme

4


Derby, Derbyshire, Leicestershire Lower Derwent in Derbyshire

3


Lincolnshire Lincolnshire East Coast Rivers

4


Leicestershire River Sence from Temple Mill to Sheepy Magna

3


Cambridgeshire River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire from Brampton to Earith

3


Cambridgeshire, North Northamptonshire, Peterborough, West Northamptonshire Middle Nene

3


Derbyshire, Staffordshire Burton Trent

3


Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Rutland, West Northamptonshire Welland Valley

3


Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent River Blithe and River Swarbourn

3


Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex Upper River Wey

3


Dorset Council Middle Stour and tributaries

4


Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire Lower Teme

4


Staffordshire, Worcestershire River Stour in Worcestershire

3


Shropshire, Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin River Worfe

3


Staffordshire Rugeley Trent

3


Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire River Idle in Nottinghamshire

4


Worcestershire River Avon at Wyre Piddle

4


County Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Stockton-on-Tees Lower River Tees and estuarine tributaries

4


Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire River Mease

3


North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire Upper Nene

3


Staffordshire Lower Tame

4


Derbyshire, Staffordshire Lower Dove

3


Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire River Trent in Nottinghamshire

4


Gloucestershire, Worcestershire River Avon at Strensham and Bredon

3


Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire River Windrush from Bourton to Newbridge

4


Leicester, Leicestershire Rothley Brook at Glenfield and Anstey

4


Derbyshire, Staffordshire River Mease at Clifton Campville, Harlaston and Croxall

4


Derbyshire, Rotherham, Sheffield Lower River Rother

2


Dorset Council Rivers Stour and Iwerne at Stourpaine

4


Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland Rivers Pont and Blyth

3


Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire River Rhee in Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire

2


Dorset Council Middle Stour from Hammoon to Sturminster Marshall

3


Lincolnshire Lincoln Watercourses

3


Worcestershire Kempsey Village

3


Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, Rutland Welland tributaries

3


Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Worcestershire River Severn in Worcestershire

4


East Riding of Yorkshire North Holderness

2


Dorset Council Lower Frome from East Stoke to Wareham

2


Dorset Council Lower Frome from Dorchester to East Stoke

4


Derbyshire River Amber at Ambergate

4


Leicestershire River Wreake for mills at Hoby, Thrussington and Ratcliffe

4


East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull Burstwick and Keyingham Drains

3


East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull Holderness Drain

2


Dorset Council Upper Frome at Dorchester

4


Staffordshire River Blithe from Blithfield Reservoir to Bancroft

4


Staffordshire River Dove at Dovefields Crossing and Saltbrook Cottage

4


Leicestershire River Wreake at Frisby-on-the-Wreake

3


Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council, Hampshire Lower Stour and tributaries

2


East Riding of Yorkshire Low lying properties in the Upper Hull catchment

3


Lincolnshire Lower Glen and Bourne Eau System

2


Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council Lower Stour from Sturminster Marshall to Christchurch

3


Oxfordshire River Ock from Watchfield to Abingdon, and also the Letcombe Brook at Wantage, Grove and East Hanney

3


Lincolnshire The River Till

2


Gloucestershire, Worcestershire River Severn at Severn Ham, Tewkesbury

3


Doncaster Lower River Don catchment

4


Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Rotherham Ryton Oldcotes catchment

3


Lincolnshire Wider area of the South Forty Foot Drain

3


Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes Middle River Great Ouse in Milton Keynes, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire

2


Lincolnshire Isolated properties and villages in the west of the South Forty Foot Drain and its tributaries

4


Cheshire East River Weaver at Shrewbridge Lodge

4


North Yorkshire Pickering Beck and Costa Beck catchments

4


East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull Holderness Drain at Wawne Common and Woody Carr

3


Cambridgeshire, Norfolk Hundred Foot Washes in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk

3


Lincolnshire Lower River Witham

3


North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire River Ise and Alledge Brook

2


Leicestershire River Soar at caravan parks near Barrow upon Soar

3


Lincolnshire, Peterborough Lower Welland

3


Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Shropshire, Staffordshire Weaver catchment including Nantwich, Frodsham, Crewe, Winsford and Northwich

2


Gloucestershire River Severn at Apperley and The Leigh

4


Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Wakefield River Went catchment

2


Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire River Soar at Zouch Island

2


Derbyshire, Leicestershire River Trent at Cavendish Bridge

2


Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council Lower Stour at Redhill and Wheatplot Home Sites

2


Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire River Soar at Redhill and Kegworth Bridge

2


Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Lower Stour at Iford Bridge Home Park

2


Derbyshire, Staffordshire River Trent at Catton, Barton under Needwood and Branston Water Park

3


Cambridgeshire, Peterborough Lower Nene

2


Derbyshire, Leicestershire River Trent at Swarkestone

3


Cornwall West Cornwall Rivers

3


Cornwall Helford and Fal Rivers
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