Identification

Title

Flood Warning Areas

Alternative title(s)

AfA054 Flood Warning Areas

Ardaloedd Rhybuddion Llifogydd

Flood Warning Areas.LYR

Abstract

This spatial Flood Warning Areas dataset are geographical areas where NRW expect flooding to occur and where NRW provide a Flood Warning Service. Flood Warning Areas generally contain properties that are expected to flood from rivers or the sea. Specifically, Flood Warning Areas define locations within the Flood Warning Service Limit that represent a discrete community at risk of flooding. A discrete community is a recognised and named geographical community, which can be an urban area, a significant suburb of a large city or a village or a hamlet. The purpose of Flood Warnings is to alert people that flooding is expected and they should take action to protect themselves and their property. An online viewable version of this dataset is available here https://naturalresources.wales/our-evidence-and-reports/maps/flood-risk-map/?lang=en

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/349/?access_token=67k4GhAr91AqiAXnyngsm3l40RrZII&ows_service=wms

name: Web Mapping Service

https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_FLOOD_WARNING

name: Download Data and Web Services

Unique resource identifier

code

116238

codeSpace

https://naturalresources.wales

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG

Additional information source

Further information on our flood warning codes is available on the NRW website. Live flood warnings in force are shown on the NRW website in both tabular and map based formats. The live information is updated every 15 minutes. It is also available on our Flood Alerts Wales mobile app. Customers can also obtain recorded messages on the current Alerts and Warnings in force and information on the latest flooding situation for the Flood Alert or Flood Warning Area by telephoning Floodline on 0345 9881188 and using the menu options, or by entering a QuickDial code for the respective Alert or Warning Area.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

health

environment

society

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Natural risk zones

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-09-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.77774100

East bounding longitude

-2.60886500

North bounding latitude

53.51306700

South bounding latitude

51.24082900

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-09-13

code identifying the extent

Wales (WLS)

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-04-01

End position

2023-09-13

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-08-23

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Flood Warnings are issued when flooding is expected to occur, Severe Flood Warnings are issued to similar areas when there is a danger to life or widespread disruption is expected.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

© CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency Wales

telephone number

08708 506 506

email address

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency (EA)

telephone number

08708 506 506

email address

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-09-12

Metadata language