Daily Risk Forecast Maps
Forecast issued by the Met Office at 10:30am, Thursday 2nd May
Local flooding from surface water and rivers is possible across parts of England on Thursday. Further local flooding from surface water is possible on Friday in parts of England. Properties may flood and there may be travel disruption
Local flooding from surface water and rivers is possible across parts of Wales on Thursday. Further local flooding from surface water is possible on Friday in parts of North and Mid Wales. Properties may flood and there may be travel disruption.
The river flood risk is VERY LOW for the next five days.
Minor river flooding impacts are possible but not expected in parts of England and Wales today (Thursday). See Specific Areas of Concern Map 1.
The coastal/tidal flood risk is VERY LOW for the next five days.
The surface water flood risk is LOW today (Thursday).
Heavy showers and thunderstorms could develop today which bring a chance of surface water flooding. See Specific Areas of Concern Map 1.
Minor surface water flooding impacts are also possible in parts of England and Wales on Friday and possible but not expected more widely. This is due to the possibility of further heavy showers amongst a broader area of rain. See Specific Areas of Concern Map 2.
Impacts could include localised flooding from urban and fast responding smaller watercourses/catchments, drains, channels and flooding from overland flow.
The groundwater flood risk is VERY LOW for the next five days.
The level of the ongoing disruption caused by groundwater flooding in the South of England is not forecast to get worse, the flooding is being managed and awareness is high. Consequently the groundwater flood risk is VERY LOW.
Norfolk, Merseyside, Nottingham, Bedfordshire, Rutland, Denbighshire, Derby, Kent, Bristol, Torfaen, Caerphilly, Medway, Shropshire, Northamptonshire, Surrey, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Powys, Leicestershire, Bracknell Forest, Essex, Telford and Wrekin, Windsor and Maidenhead, Leicester, W Berkshire, Ceredigion, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, Reading, Warwickshire, Bridgend, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Wokingham, Neath Port Talbot, Merthyr Tydfil, Cheshire, Luton, Swansea, Thurrock, Stoke-on-Trent, N Somerset, Hertfordshire, Cardiff, Newport, S Gloucestershire, Derbyshire, Carmarthenshire, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, Gwynedd, Wrexham, Vale of Glamorgan, Flintshire, Gtr London, Monmouthshire, Staffordshire, Blaenau Gwent, Cambridgeshire, Conwy, Bath and NE Somerset, Milton Keynes, Slough, Pembrokeshire, W Midlands, Swindon, Southend-on-Sea
Source and risk of potential flooding
Additional information: Possible isolated heavy showers and thunderstorms
Cheshire, Denbighshire, Norfolk, Stoke-on-Trent, Derbyshire, Powys, Gwynedd, Wrexham, Telford and Wrekin, Flintshire, Leicester, Peterborough, Monmouthshire, Conwy, Bedfordshire, Luton, Rutland, Shropshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Suffolk, Essex, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, Worcestershire, W Midlands
Source and risk of potential flooding
Additional information: A chance of torrential downpours from isolated thunderstorms
Cheshire, Rutland, Denbighshire, Derby, York, Stoke-on-Trent, S Yorkshire, W Yorkshire, Merseyside, Shropshire, Nottingham, Gloucestershire, Halton, Derbyshire, Blackburn with Darwen, N Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Powys, Leicestershire, Wrexham, Telford and Wrekin, Flintshire, Leicester, Lancashire, Warrington, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Gtr Manchester, NE Lincolnshire, E Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, Worcestershire, W Midlands, N Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Essex, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes
Source and risk of potential flooding
Additional information: A chance of heavy downpours amongst a broader area of rain