Environment Agency112WATSOM1Wessex
Somerset coast at Porlock Weir: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 392 flood alerts for Somerset coast at Porlock Weir since 7 Jul 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2015 (58). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 7 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Somerset coast at Porlock Weir
- Code
- 112WATSOM1
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Somerset
- River or sea
- Bristol Channel
- First in the history
- 7 Jul 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 4 Jun 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 27 Sep 2026
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 10 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Flood alert |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 14 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 May 2026 | Flood alert |
| 4 Apr 2026 | Flood alert |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Flood alert |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 2 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Nov 2025 | 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.