Flood Warning Issued for South Cornwall coast from Gribbin Head to Rame Head.
The following Information has been provided via Flood Alerts and Warnings Gov.UK. You can access the full post here: Flood alert for South Cornwall coast from Gribbin Head to Rame Head – GOV.UK (check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk)
Flooding is possible over the high tide on Wednesday evening. High water at Plymouth is at 5:45pm, times of high water will vary along the coast. Spring tides are forecast to cause flooding between 4:45pm and 6:45pm.
Locations particularly at risk include low lying coastal communities.
Coastal conditions should ease for Thursday morning’s high tide; however, spring tides and unsettled weather conditions are expected to cause further flooding from Thursday evening’s high tide, additional flood alerts and warnings will be issued.
We are monitoring the situation and will update this information by 11am on Thursday, or sooner if the situation changes.
Detailed tidal information; The forecast high tide level at Plymouth is 2.86m AOD. Expect tide levels along to coast to be between 0.2 and 0.3 metres above tide table level. Moderate force 4 south-westerly winds and offshore wave heights of 0.8m are forecast over the high tide.
Flood alert area: Gribbin Head to Rame Head including Fowey, Golant, Lostwithiel, Lerryn, Polruan, Polperro, Looe and the Looe Rivers and Seaton.
