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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides over the next two days may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible from 11:45pm Tuesday 27th October to 1:45am Wednesday 28th October.
Tide levels will be high at Battlesbridge, and Hullbridge riversides. Creeksea Ferry Road onto Wallasea Island may be flooded. The detailed forecast is for a peak level at Clacton of 2.96mAODN at 00:45am, on Wednesday 28th October, which is 0.38m above tide tables, Wind Force 5, Westerly The high tide tomorrow afternoon is expected to be as high, with a peak level at Clacton of 2.94mAODN at 12:30pm, on Wednesday 28th October, which is 0.35m above tide tables, Wind Force 5, South Westerly.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated by 11:00AM on Wednesday 28 October or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
Message issued at 2:35pm, Tuesday 27th October 2026.
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Warning no longer in force
Wed 28 Oct 2026, 2:56pm
Flood alert
Wed 28 Oct 2026, 8:30am
Flood alert
Tue 27 Oct 2026, 2:35pm
Warning no longer in force
Mon 26 Oct 2026, 2:52pm
Flood alert
Mon 26 Oct 2026, 11:05am
Flood alert
Sun 25 Oct 2026, 1:00pm
Warning no longer in force
Wed 14 Oct 2026, 8:47am
Flood alert
Tue 13 Oct 2026, 3:41pm
Warning no longer in force
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 8:30am
Flood alert
Fri 9 Oct 2026, 2:33pm
The Essex coast from St Peters Flat to Shoeburyness, including Burnham-on-Crouch, South Woodham Ferrers, Hullbridge and the Crouch and Roach estuaries
Region: East Anglia
Country: England
Counties covered: Essex, Southend-on-Sea
Watercourses covered: River Crouch, River Roach, North Sea
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for The Essex coast from St Peters Flat to and including Shoeburyness and the Crouch and Roach estuaries.
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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