# Flood alert: Hunstanton coast in Norfolk

**Event type:** Flood warning  
**Status in source feed:** current  
**Area:** Hunstanton coast in Norfolk  
**County:** Norfolk  
**River or sea:** North Sea  
**Warning raised:** 2026-11-12T11:23:58Z  
**Source update:** 2026-11-12T11:23:00Z  
**Dataset checked:** 2026-11-12T22:00:44Z  
**Official warning-area boundary:** 0.740 km²

## What this measures

The mapped outline is the Environment Agency's official flood-warning area. Its approximate area uses a spherical calculation and is not an estimate of flooded land, people affected, casualties, displacement or damage. The first release uses warning data only; it does not map observed inundation.

## Source message

> High tides and forecast weather conditions throughout the evening may lead to flooding.
> Flooding is possible from 5:45pm to 9:45pm on Thursday 12 November.
> Locations most affected will be low-lying land and roads near rivers or on the coast, with spray being seen on the seafront paths. Flood gates in the area will be closed by the Local Authority which will make access difficult. Please take notice of the Flood Sign at top of South Beach Road. The detailed forecast is for a peak level at King's Lynn of 3.86mAODN at 7:45pm on 12 November, which is 0.6m above tide tables, Wind Force 6, Northerly. No further high tides are expected over the coming days.
> We are closely monitoring the situation .
> Avoid beaches and coastal promenades, which may be flooded.
> This message will be updated by 9:30AM on Friday 13 November or as the situation changes.

## Source and reuse

This uses Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Data are provided under the [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). [Open the source record](https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/id/floods/052WATCSTHUN). Boundaries are from [the Environment Agency API](https://environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring/doc/reference).

Prepared by TechnicalGIS Environmental News Desk. Dataset revision 1.