Environment Agency121FWTNWT40Former flood area
North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 15 flood warnings for North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth since 26 Sep 2007, most often in March; the busiest year was 2010 (9).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Sea at Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth
- Code
- 121FWTNWT40
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under NE - North East)
- First in the history
- 26 Sep 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Nov 2010
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 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 2007 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 |
|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2010 | Flood warning |
| 23 Oct 2010 | Flood warning |
| 12 Aug 2010 | Flood warning |
| 18 Jun 2010 | Flood warning |
| 31 Mar 2010 | Flood warning |
| 29 Mar 2010 | Flood warning |
| 2 Mar 2010 | Flood warning |
| 28 Feb 2010 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2010 | Flood warning |
| 28 Mar 2009 | Flood warning |
| 10 Feb 2009 | Flood warning |
| 10 Mar 2008 | 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.