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South Cornwall coast at Truro: flood history since 2014

The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood warnings for South Cornwall coast at Truro since 2 Jan 2014, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (7).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area
South Cornwall coast at Truro
Code
114FWT1T1DA00
Environment Agency area
Devon and Cornwall
County
Cornwall
River or sea
South Cornwall Coast, Truro River
First in the history
2 Jan 2014
Latest in the history file
28 Oct 2023
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?

2014 was the busiest year for South Cornwall coast at Truro
24682014: 720142016: 120162018: 220182020: 220202023: 1202324682014: 720142016: 120162018: 220182020: 220202023: 1202324682014: 720142016: 120162018: 220182020: 220202023: 1202324682014: 720142016: 120162018: 220182020: 220202023: 12023

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

The numbers
YearAlertsWarningsSevere
2023010
2020020
2018020
2016010
2014070

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 January
24Jan: 4JanFeb: 2FebMar: 2MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 1AugSep: 0SepOct: 2OctNov: 0NovDec: 1Dec424Jan: 4JanFeb: 2FebMar: 2MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 1AugSep: 0SepOct: 2OctNov: 0NovDec: 1Dec424Jan: 4JanFeb: 2FebMar: 2MarApr: 1AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 1AugSep: 0SepOct: 2OctNov: 0NovDec: 1Dec424Jan: 4JFeb: 2FMar: 2MApr: 1AMay: 0MJun: 0JJul: 0JAug: 1ASep: 0SOct: 2ONov: 0NDec: 1D4

All alerts and warnings since 2014 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
28 Oct 2023Flood warning
15 Dec 2020Flood warning
20 Aug 2020Flood warning
3 Mar 2018Flood warning
2 Mar 2018Flood warning
8 Apr 2016Flood warning
8 Oct 2014Flood warning
14 Feb 2014Flood warning
2 Feb 2014Flood warning
31 Jan 2014Flood warning
31 Jan 2014Flood warning
3 Jan 2014Flood 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.