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A Flood Warning is in force for the high tide at 23:43 at Workington and the midnight tide at Silloth on 02/01/2018, high tides may cause onshore flooding to roads, low lying land and some properties along the coast. People are warned to avoid walking or driving through water in these areas and to stay away from the coast. The tide is forecast to peak between midnight and 01:00 a.m Wednesday morning. We forecast that the astronomical tide of 5.04m AOD at Silloth will have an additional surge of 1.5 metres and the astronomical tide of 4.54m AOD at Workington will have an additional surge of 1.25 metres. High water can be expected for 2 hours before and after the peak. For conversion between AoD and local chart or port datums please check your tide tables. Locations likely to be affected are Maryport, Flimby and Whitehaven. We are forecasting that the high tide at 12:29 at Silloth and the high tide at 12:04 at Workington on the 03/01/2018 will be above Flood Alert levels.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 3:32pm, Tuesday 2nd January 2018.
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Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven
Region: Cumbria and Lancashire
Country: England
Counties covered: Cumberland
Watercourses covered: Irish Sea
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Cumbrian coastline from Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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