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North Devon coast at Lynmouth: flood history since 2015

The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood warnings for North Devon coast at Lynmouth since 26 Oct 2015, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (4).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area
North Devon coast at Lynmouth
Code
113FWC2T2E
Environment Agency area
Devon and Cornwall
County
Devon
River or sea
Bristol Channel, North Devon coast
First in the history
26 Oct 2015
Latest in the history file
8 Apr 2024
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.

How many alerts and warnings a year?

2020 was the busiest year for North Devon coast at Lynmouth
12342015: 220152016: 320162018: 120182019: 120192020: 420202022: 120222023: 220232024: 2202412342015: 220152016: 320162018: 120182019: 120192020: 420202022: 120222023: 220232024: 2202412342015: 220152016: 320162018: 120182019: 120192020: 420202022: 120222023: 220232024: 2202412342015: 220152016: 32018: 120182019: 12020: 420202022: 12023: 22024: 22024

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

The numbers
YearAlertsWarningsSevere
2024020
2023020
2022010
2020040
2019010
2018010
2016030
2015020

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 February
123Jan: 1JanFeb: 3FebMar: 3MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 3AugSep: 1SepOct: 3OctNov: 1NovDec: 0Dec3123Jan: 1JanFeb: 3FebMar: 3MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 3AugSep: 1SepOct: 3OctNov: 1NovDec: 0Dec3123Jan: 1JanFeb: 3FebMar: 3MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 3AugSep: 1SepOct: 3OctNov: 1NovDec: 0Dec3123Jan: 1JFeb: 3FMar: 3MApr: 1AMay: 0MJun: 0JJul: 0JAug: 3ASep: 1SOct: 3ONov: 1NDec: 0D3

All alerts and warnings since 2015 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
8 Apr 2024Flood warning
11 Mar 2024Flood warning
29 Oct 2023Flood warning
22 Mar 2023Flood warning
17 Feb 2022Flood warning
14 Nov 2020Flood warning
20 Aug 2020Flood warning
11 Mar 2020Flood warning
9 Feb 2020Flood warning
30 Sep 2019Flood warning
2 Jan 2018Flood warning
20 Aug 2016Flood 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.