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Flood Risk Forecast Application Programming Interface (API)

Publisher
Natural Resources Wales
Updated
14 October 2025
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

The flood risk forecast is produced by the Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) on a daily basis. It is issued more frequently when serious flooding is forecast. It provides the indication of the potential for flooding for five days: the day on which it is issued and the subsequent four days ahead.The forecast highlights flood risk on a county by county basis and includes a short commentary on the situation. It covers flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water and groundwater for Wales and England.This dataset is produced in partnership with the Met Office Flood Forecasting Centre and the Environment Agency and is intended to complement the Flood Warning Service provided by Natural Resources Wales.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
30 May 2024
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS116343
Extent (Latitude)
53.513067° to 51.240829°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.777741° to -2.608865°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2016-10-12
Frequency of update
continual
Access constraints
There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (owner, custodian, originator, distributor)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng