Environment Agency013WACWIFormer flood area
Irish Sea and Dee Estuary on the Wirral coastline: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood alerts for Irish Sea and Dee Estuary on the Wirral coastline since 4 Dec 2013, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (9).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Irish Sea and Dee Estuary on the Wirral coastline
- Code
- 013WACWI
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NW - South)
- First in the history
- 4 Dec 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 3 Mar 2014
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2013 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2014 | Flood alert |
| 2 Mar 2014 | Flood alert |
| 1 Mar 2014 | Flood alert |
| 12 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 2 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 1 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
| 31 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2014 | Flood alert |
| 4 Dec 2013 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.