Flood Alert Info - Irish Sea from New Brighton to Hoylake
Area Description
Areas at risk include land at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton and including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey..
This is a Flood Alert Area. For this area the highest level of flood notification that you will receive is a Flood Alert. No Flood Warnings or Severe Flood Warnings are issued for this area.
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Flood Alert History
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Historical Flood Alerts for this Area
Flood Alert issued on 20 Oct 2024 16:35
Irish Sea
This Flood Alert has been issued due to the possibility of spray overtopping on the coast in the early hours of tomorrow morning, 21/10/2024.
Flooding is possible at low lying land and roads from 02:00 AM on 21/10/2024, at the following locations:
Kings Parade, Peaking around 02:15 AM.
Wallasey Embankment, peaking around 02:30 AM.
Our incident rooms are on standby and we are closely monitoring the situation.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 21/10/2024, by 10:00 AM, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 23 Aug 2024 07:31
Irish Sea
This Flood Alert has been issued due to the high tide this afternoon, 23/08/2024.
We do not anticipate the flood alert level to be met during this afternoon’s high tide, but flooding is still possible at low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey from 2:30 PM.
The current forecast anticipates the flood alert level will not be met during the high tide in the early hours of tomorrow morning, 24/08/2024.
Our incident rooms are on standby and we are closely monitoring the situation.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated this afternoon, 23/08/2024, by 5:00 PM, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 22 Aug 2024 15:17
Irish Sea
This Flood Alert has been issued due to the possibility of spray overtopping on the coast during the early hours of tomorrow morning, 23/08/2024.
Flooding is possible at low lying land and roads from 02:00 AM on 23/08/2024. Flooding of property is not expected.
We do not anticipate the flood alert level to be met during the high tide tomorrow afternoon, 23/08/2024.
We are expecting higher than normal tides over the next 2 days and as a result we may issue further Flood Alerts.
Our incident rooms are on standby and we are closely monitoring the situation.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 23/08/2024, by 09:00 AM, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 22 Aug 2024 08:16
Irish Sea
This Flood Alert has been issued due to the high tide this afternoon, 22/08/2024.
We do not anticipate the flood alert level to be met during this afternoon’s high tide, but the current forecast anticipates the flood alert level will be met during the high tide in the early hours of tomorrow morning, 23/08/2024.
We are expecting higher than normal tides over the next 2 days and as a result we may issue further Flood Alerts.
Our incident rooms are on standby and we are closely monitoring the situation.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated this afternoon, 22/08/2024, by 5:00 PM, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 21 Aug 2024 15:59
Irish Sea
This Flood Alert has been issued due to the possibility of spray overtopping on the coast during the early hours of tomorrow morning, 22/08/2024.
Flooding is possible at low lying land and roads from 01:00 AM on 22/08/2024. Flooding of property is not expected.
We are expecting higher than normal tides over the next 2 days and as a result we may issue further Flood Alerts and Flood Warnings.
We do not currently anticipate the Flood Alert level to be met during the high tide tomorrow afternoon, 22/08/2024.
Our incident rooms are on standby and we are closely monitoring the situation.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 22/08/2024, by 09:00 AM, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 20 Aug 2024 15:49
Irish Sea
This Flood Alert has been issued due to the possibility of spray overtopping on the coast from early hours of tomorrow morning 21/08/2024.
Flooding is possible at low lying land and roads from 01:00am on 21/08/2024.
We are expecting higher than normal tides over the next 3 days and as a result we may issue further alerts/warnings.
Our incident rooms are on standby and we are closely monitoring the situation.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated tomorrow or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 9 Apr 2024 08:04
Irish Sea
This Flood Alert has been issued due to the possibility of spray overtopping on the coast this morning, 09/04/2024.
Flooding is possible at low lying land and roads from 11:30 AM on 09/04/2024.
We are expecting higher than normal tides over the next 2 days and as a result we may issue further alerts.
Our incident rooms are on standby and we are closely monitoring the situation.
We are liaising with emergency services and local authorities.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated by 5:00 PM on 09/04/2024, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 12 Nov 2023 18:23
Irish Sea
Storm Debi is forecast to bring strong winds, large waves and spray overtopping on the coast on Monday, 13th November.
Flooding is possible at low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey between 10:00 AM and 12:30 PM on 13/11/2023.
After this tide‚ the weather is more settled and no further impacts are expected.
We will continue to monitor the forecast and re-issue this alert or issue flood warnings if necessary.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
We will remove this message by 04:00 PM on 13/11/2023.
Flood Alert issued on 24 Mar 2023 00:45
Irish Sea
Flooding is possible in this area.
Monitor local water levels and weather conditions. Avoid using low lying footpaths or entering areas prone to flooding. Start acting on your flood plan if you have one.
Environment Agency Flood Warning Officers set the river or tidal levels that have triggered this message. During industrial action this message has been automatically issued based on rising river or tidal levels.
Flood Alert issued on 18 Feb 2022 09:03
Irish Sea
Storm Eunice is forecast to bring strong winds, large waves and spray overtopping on the coast. Flooding is possible for the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton and including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey between 11:45 am and 12.45pm today, 18/02/2022. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue flood warnings if necessary. Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous. This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 19/02/2022, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 17 Feb 2022 17:27
Irish Sea
Storm Eunice is forecast to bring strong winds, large waves and spray overtopping on the coast. Flooding is possible for the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey between 11:45 am and 12.45pm on 18/02/2022. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and will issue flood warnings if necessary. Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous. This message will be updated tomorrow morning, 18/02/2022, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 8 Dec 2021 10:15
Irish Sea
Flooding is possible. Areas at risk include land at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton and including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey.
Wednesday afternoon’s tide at 1:15 PM is higher than normal due to unsettled weather with north-westerly force 5 to 7 winds and large waves.
Strong winds and spring tides may cause waves and spray overtopping on the coast from between 1:15 PM and 2:15 PM.
Storm Barra is forecast to bring strong winds, waves and spray overtopping on the coast.
There are no further high tides forecast.
Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue flood warnings if necessary.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated tomorrow, 9/12/2021, or as the situation changes
Flood Alert issued on 7 Dec 2021 16:35
Irish Sea
Flooding is possible for: Areas at risk include land at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton and including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey.
Wednesday morning's tide at 01:15 AM is higher than normal due to unsettled weather with north-westerly force 5 to 7 winds and large waves.
Strong winds and spring tides may cause large waves and spray overtopping on the coast from between 1.15AM and 2.45AM.
Storm Barra is forecast to bring strong winds, large waves and spray overtopping on the coast.
We do not expect to see similar impacts for tomorrow's high tides. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue flood warnings if necessary.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated tomorrow morning on 08/12/2021, or as the situation changes
Flood Alert issued on 6 Nov 2021 19:06
Irish Sea
The high tide is expected to be higher than usual as a result of high spring tides and strong winds. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey. A flood warning is expected to be issued for Irish Sea at New Brighton as a precautionary measure due to potential waves overtopping at Wallasey Embankment and Kings Parade, caused by very strong winds.
High tides are also expected for tomorrow, Sunday 7th November.
Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue flood warnings if necessary.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated in 8 hours, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 12 Mar 2020 10:46
Irish Sea
Sea spray is forecast to overtop sea defences at Kings Parade as a result of high spring tides and strong winds. Consequently flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is possible overnight between 12:30 and 13:45 on 12/03/20. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey. In particular Kings Parade and North Parade may be affected by spray between 12:30 and 13:45.
Flood alerts and warnings may also be required for subsequent high tides. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue flood warnings if necessary. Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated this afternoon, 12/03/2020, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 11 Mar 2020 16:36
Irish Sea
Sea spray from large waves are forecast to overtop sea defences at Kings Parade as a result of high spring tides and strong winds. Consequently flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is possible overnight between 11:00PM, on 11/03/20, and 02:00AM, on 12/03/2020. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey. In particular Kings Parade and North Parade may be affected by spray between 11:00PM and 02:00AM.
Flood alerts and warnings may also be required for subsequent high tides. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue flood warnings if necessary.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated tomorrow morning, on 12/03/2020, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 11 Feb 2020 15:21
Irish Sea
Waves are forecast to overtop sea defences at Wallasey with sea spray expected as a result of high spring tides and strong winds. Consequently, flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is possible between 00:15am and 01:45am tomorrow morning, 12/02/20. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey. Coastal conditions after this high tide will not reach flood alert levels. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue (further) flood warnings if necessary. Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous. This message will be updated at 10:00am on 12/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 11 Feb 2020 11:20
Irish Sea
Waves are forecast to overtop sea defences at Wallasey with sea spray expected as a result of high spring tides and strong winds. Consequently, flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is possible between 11:15am and 2pm this afternoon, 11/02/20. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey.
Coastal conditions are expected to continue until after the high tides at 12:30am on 12/02/20 at Wallasey.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue (further) flood warnings if necessary.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated by 17:00 on 11/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 11 Feb 2020 10:49
Irish Sea
Waves are forecast to overtop sea defences at Wallasey with sea spray expected as a result of high spring tides and strong winds. Consequently flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is possible between 11:15am and 2pm this afternoon, 11/02/20. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey.
Coastal conditions are expected to continue until after the high tides at 12:30am on 12/02/20 at Wallasey.
Flood Alert issued on 10 Feb 2020 15:54
Irish Sea
Waves are forecast to overtop sea defences at Wallasey with sea spray expected as a result of high spring tides and strong winds. Consequently flooding of low lying land, roads and farmland is possible between 00:00 and 01:30 tomorrow, 11/02/20. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey.
Coastal conditions are expected to continue until after the high tides at 11:30 on 11/02/20 at Wallasey.
We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring weather forecasts and river levels and will issue (further) flood warnings if necessary.
Please be careful along beaches, promenades, coastal footpaths and roads as large waves and sea spray could be dangerous.
This message will be updated by 11:00 on 11/02/20, or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 9 Feb 2020 17:45
Irish Sea
Waves are forecast to overtop sea defences from New Brighton to Hoylake with sea spray expected as a result of Storm Ciara. Consequently, flooding is possible between 11:15am and 11:45am on Sunday, 09/02/2020. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey. Continuing strong winds will cause additional wave overtopping at high tide for the next 4 days from New Brighton to Hoylake. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring the situation and will issue further flood alerts if necessary. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated in 8 hours or as the situation changes.
Flood Alert issued on 9 Feb 2020 07:26
Irish Sea
Waves are forecast to overtop sea defences from New Brighton to Hoylake with sea spray expected as a result of Storm Ciara. Consequently, flooding is possible between 10:30 on 09/02/20 and 11:30 on 09/02/20. We believe there is a possibility of flooding for low lying land and roads at the head of the Wirral from Hoylake to New Brighton, including parts of Leasowe and Wallasey. Continuing strong winds will cause additional wave overtopping at high tide for the next 4 days from New Brighton to Hoylake. Our incident response staff are closely monitoring the situation and will issue further flood alerts if necessary. Please be aware of your surroundings and keep up to date with the current situation. This message will be updated in 8 hours or as the situation changes.