# Flood alert: The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries

**Event type:** Flood warning  
**Status in source feed:** current  
**Area:** The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries  
**County:** Essex, Suffolk  
**River or sea:** North Sea, River Orwell, River Deben  
**Warning raised:** 2026-11-12T15:25:11Z  
**Source update:** 2026-11-12T15:25:00Z  
**Dataset checked:** 2026-11-12T22:00:44Z  
**Official warning-area boundary:** 48.299 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 this evening may lead to flooding.
> Flooding is possible from 00:30am to 2:30am on Friday 13 November.
> The flood gates at Felixstowe seafront will be closed. The waterfront at Pin Mill, and The Strand at Wherstead under the Orwell Bridge may be flooded. Water may be on the quay at Mistley. The detailed forecast is for a peak level at Harwich of 2.55mAODN at 1:30am on Friday 13 November, which is 0.70m above tide tables, Wind Force 6, north westerly. No further high tides are expected over the coming days.
> We are closely monitoring the situation .
> Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded.
> This message will be updated by 10:00AM 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/054WACDV4B). 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.