Environment Agency121FWC531North East

North Sea at Alnmouth: flood history since 2013

The Environment Agency has issued 14 flood warnings for North Sea at Alnmouth since 5 Dec 2013, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (3).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area: North Sea at Alnmouth
Code: 121FWC531
Environment Agency area: North East
County: Northumberland
River or sea: North Sea
First in the history: 5 Dec 2013
Latest in the history file: 22 Aug 2024
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

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

2014 was the busiest year for North Sea at Alnmouth

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
2024	0	2	0
2023	0	1	0
2021	0	1	0
2020	0	3	0
2019	0	1	0
2017	0	2	0
2014	0	3	0
2013	0	1	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.

Most often in January

All alerts and warnings since 2013 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.

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