The Rapid Flood Guidance service returns
Following a successful trial in 2024, the Rapid Flood Guidance (RFG) service will return for summer 2025.
The 2025 service will run between 2 June and 17 October 2025.
As in 2024, the 2025 service will provide:
- an advisory badge on the front page of the Flood Guidance Statement (FGS) for days when there is a heightened risk of rapid flooding
- RFG updates – issued on heightened risk days
Sign up now or amend your preferences through your Flood Guidance Statement account.
Service improvements
The 2025 service will include improvements based on user feedback from the trial. These include:
- the ability to sign up to receive the RFG for local authority areas (rather than regions) – providing a more tailored service
- clearer mapping – so that the location of the risk area can be more easily identified
- more consistent written content – improving clarity
- amendments to the threshold for RFG issue – meaning that there will be fewer RFGs when there are no or minor impacts
- faster production – so that there is more time to respond
- a more reliable SMS service – ensuring the RFG is available on all mobile devices
Getting prepared for the 2025 service
If you signed up for the 2024 trial, you:
- are already registered for the 2025 service
- will be automatically registered for the local authority areas relating to the regions you were signed up for in 2024
- are advised to check and revise your preferences if necessary
Check and amend your preferences through your Flood Guidance Statement account
If you are a new user, you can sign up now to:
- receive the RFG by Email and text message (optional)
- set your preferences so you get RFGs that are relevant to you
By signing up you will join over 1,700 responders already making use of the service.
Sign up now through your Flood Guidance Statement account.
The RFG can also be accessed (without email or text notifications) through the Met Office’s Hazard Manager.
Finding out more
You can find out more about the service:
For more information and for a link to the original article, please click here.
