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Live Flood Warnings

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
18 September 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA136. Flood Warnings are provided by the constant monitoring of stations and forecasting flooding from rivers or the sea:

  • Severe Flood Warning: Severe flooding. Danger to life.
  • Flood Warning: Flooding is expected. Immediate action required.
  • Flood Alert: Flooding is possible. Be prepared.
  • Warning no longer in force: Flood warnings and flood alerts that have been removed in the last 24 hours.

Flood Warnings are available on our website and as a live feed. The live feed provides a summary of flood warnings (Alert, Warning and Severe) that have been issued and are currently in force. The Flood Warnings live feed provides the current status of each flood alert and flood warning area that is in force in England. This data is refreshed every minute within the Environment Agency and presented for external users at 5 minutes intervals. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.

Data links

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Flood_Warnings_live_data_feed ATOM FEED – 18/9/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
16 September 2026
Harvest GUID
880e471e-d465-11e4-8b54-f0def148f590
Extent (Latitude)
55.816° to 49.943°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2023-03-13
Dataset reference date (publication)
2022-02-09
Dataset reference date (revision)
2026-09-15
Frequency of update
continual
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

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Licence information

Open Government Licence