Environment Agency012WATRECumbria and Lancashire
Ribble estuary west of Preston: flood history since 2006
The Environment Agency has issued 18 flood alerts for Ribble estuary west of Preston since 6 Oct 2006, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Ribble estuary west of Preston
- Code
- 012WATRE
- Environment Agency area
- Cumbria and Lancashire
- County
- Lancashire
- River or sea
- Ribble Estuary
- First in the history
- 6 Oct 2006
- Latest in the history file
- 18 Oct 2024
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2006 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 30 Sep 2023 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Flood alert |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Flood alert |
| 11 Feb 2020 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2020 | Flood alert |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood alert |
| 12 Feb 2014 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.