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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides on Friday may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible for 1 hour either side of Friday's early morning tide at 03:00 on 09/01/2026.
Storm Goretti increases tide table values by 0.82 m. Total forecast tide is 5.27 metres Chart Datum (2.54 mAOD) at Portsmouth with strong North Westerly Force 7 wind. Levels will be high at South Street and Queen Street Emsworth. The Ship Inn car park at Langstone will flood. Water will flow into the road at Langstone High Street, although flood depths will be relatively shallow, and flooding will only cause impacts nearest to the harbour front. Friday's tide at 15:15 09/01/2026 is forecast to be 95 cm lower (1.57 mAOD). No further flood impacts are expected.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Consider activating any flood protection products you may have .
This message will be updated by 12:00PM on 09 January 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 3:09pm, Thursday 8th January.
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Coastal area from Langstone to Emsworth Harbour
Region: Solent and South Downs
Country: England
Counties covered: Hampshire, West Sussex
Watercourses covered: Langstone Harbour, Emsworth Harbour
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Langstone to Emsworth Harbour.
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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