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Environment Agency112FWT3T2AFormer flood area

Somerset Coast at Porlock Weir: flood history since 2006

The Environment Agency has issued 15 flood warnings for Somerset Coast at Porlock Weir since 28 Feb 2006, most often in March; the busiest year was 2006 (10).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area
Somerset Coast at Porlock Weir
Code
112FWT3T2A
Environment Agency area
none today (the history file lists it under SW - North Wessex)
First in the history
28 Feb 2006
Latest in the history file
1 Mar 2010
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?

2006 was the busiest year for Somerset Coast at Porlock Weir
358102006: 1020062007: 120072008: 220082010: 22010358102006: 1020062007: 120072008: 220082010: 22010358102006: 1020062007: 120072008: 220082010: 22010358102006: 1020062007: 120072008: 220082010: 22010

Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.

The numbers
YearAlertsWarningsSevere
2010020
2008020
2007010
20060100

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?

Most often in March
246Jan: 0JanFeb: 3FebMar: 5MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 2SepOct: 5OctNov: 0NovDec: 0Dec5246Jan: 0JanFeb: 3FebMar: 5MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 2SepOct: 5OctNov: 0NovDec: 0Dec5246Jan: 0JanFeb: 3FebMar: 5MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 2SepOct: 5OctNov: 0NovDec: 0Dec5246Jan: 0JFeb: 3FMar: 5MApr: 0AMay: 0MJun: 0JJul: 0JAug: 0ASep: 2SOct: 5ONov: 0NDec: 0D5

All alerts and warnings since 2006 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

DateLevel
1 Mar 2010Flood warning
1 Feb 2010Flood warning
10 Mar 2008Flood warning
9 Mar 2008Flood warning
19 Feb 2007Flood warning
9 Oct 2006Flood warning
8 Oct 2006Flood warning
7 Oct 2006Flood warning
7 Oct 2006Flood warning
6 Oct 2006Flood warning
10 Sep 2006Flood warning
9 Sep 2006Flood warning

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.