Environment Agency121FWC540North East
North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 41 flood warnings for North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth since 29 Aug 2011, most often in March; the busiest year was 2018 (8).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth
- Code
- 121FWC540
- Environment Agency area
- North East
- County
- North Tyneside
- River or sea
- North Sea
- First in the history
- 29 Aug 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 22 Aug 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?
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 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2011 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 |
|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood warning |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Apr 2023 | Flood warning |
| 25 Mar 2023 | Flood warning |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Flood warning |
| 13 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 13 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 14 Jan 2020 | Flood warning |
| 27 Nov 2019 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Flood 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.