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Flood Forecasting Centre

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Oct 15, 2026

Phil EmonsonHOST
28:51
I mean, you mentioned, Kelly, that, you know, the importance of timely and accurate receipt of flood warning notifications.
Phil EmonsonHOST
29:01
You know, we are blessed in this country with the world leading service from the Met Office and the Flood Forecasting Centre who translate those weather forecasts into our flood warning service.
Phil EmonsonHOST
29:14
But you're right that we want to avoid a high false alarm rate.
Phil EmonsonHOST
29:19
We want to avoid communities feeling like there's a bit of a cry wolf situation with these.
Dan HolleyGUEST
14:11
And so there was a lot of discussions with our various partners.
Dan HolleyGUEST
14:14
We work with the Flood Forecasting Centre to make sure that we're across any kind of potential river flooding with them, surface water flooding.
Dan HolleyGUEST
14:22
SEPA, which is the Scottish equivalent of that as well, the Scottish Environment Agency, So there's lots of discussions that take place with our flood partners, with external partners like government, other agencies.
Dan HolleyGUEST
14:34
As I was saying earlier, we were in a lot of discussions with the Irish Met Service for that storm, as to who would name it, when we all felt confident that it would be named.

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