Environment Agency112WACTAVNFormer flood area
Somerset Coast from Porlock to Avonmouth: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 28 flood alerts for Somerset Coast from Porlock to Avonmouth since 31 Jan 2006, most often in April; the busiest year was 2011 (20).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Somerset Coast from Porlock to Avonmouth
- Code
- 112WACTAVN
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under SW - North Wessex)
- First in the history
- 31 Jan 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Jun 2012
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 20 | 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 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
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2012 | Flood alert |
| 8 May 2012 | Flood alert |
| 7 May 2012 | Flood alert |
| 6 May 2012 | Flood alert |
| 9 Apr 2012 | Flood alert |
| 8 Apr 2012 | Flood alert |
| 7 Apr 2012 | Flood alert |
| 6 Apr 2012 | Flood alert |
| 26 Nov 2011 | Flood alert |
| 29 Oct 2011 | Flood alert |
| 28 Oct 2011 | Flood alert |
| 27 Oct 2011 | 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.