Winchelsea, Winchelsea Beach and Pett Level Flood Warning 10:17am, Sunday 29th September 2019

Flooding expected. Take action now.

Flood Warning

This Flood Warning has been issued due to high tides expected to affect coastal locations in this area. Flooding is expected at least two hours either side of high tide, between 10:15am and 2:15pm on Sunday 29 September 2019. Flooding is forecast to affect locations nearest the coast throughout this area, in particular around Cliff End and Winchelsea Beach area. The high tides are forecast to continue for the next few days and the next high tide at 12:37am on 30/09/19 could also see flooded properties. We will issue further messages if required. Please take action to protect yourself and your property in areas nearest the coast, and remain aware of your local situation. We are closely monitoring the situation from our incident room and have deployed staff to operate defences and to respond to the flooding. This message will be updated between 3pm and 6pm on 29/09/19. For those who need it, the total water level for Rye is forecast to be 4.71mAOD at 12:17pm on day, 29/09/19.

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This information last updated 10:17am, Sunday 29th September 2019.

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Flood Warning Area Details

Winchelsea, Winchelsea Beach and Pett Level to Cliff End

Region: Kent, South London and East Sussex

Country: England

Counties covered: East Sussex

Watercourses covered: South Coast

Area covered by this alert location

The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Winchelsea, Winchelsea Beach and Pett Level.

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).