Environment Agency122FWC003Yorkshire
North Sea coast at Hornsea: flood history since 2017
The Environment Agency has issued 78 flood warnings for North Sea coast at Hornsea since 13 Jan 2017, most often in October; the busiest year was 2020 (14). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 1 since 1 July 2026.
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- North Sea coast at Hornsea
- Code
- 122FWC003
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- River or sea
- North Sea, Stream Dike, Foss Beck
- First in the history
- 13 Jan 2017
- Latest in the history file
- 2 Feb 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood warning, 12 Sep 2026
- 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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2026 | Flood warning |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 | 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 2017 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 |
|---|---|
| 2 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Flood warning |
| 20 Sep 2025 | Flood warning |
| 27 May 2025 | Flood warning |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Flood warning |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Flood warning |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 19 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 18 Oct 2024 | 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.