Environment Agency031FWFSE200West Midlands
River Severn at Shrewsbury: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 19 flood warnings and 1 severe flood warning for River Severn at Shrewsbury since 6 Feb 2011, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (4).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Severn at Shrewsbury
- Code
- 031FWFSE200
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Shropshire
- River or sea
- River Severn
- First in the history
- 6 Feb 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 16 Nov 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 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 2011 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 |
|---|---|
| 16 Nov 2025 | Flood warning |
| 7 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 22 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 14 Mar 2023 | Flood warning |
| 12 Jan 2023 | Flood warning |
| 20 Feb 2022 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 1 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 23 Feb 2020 | Severe flood warning |
| 23 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.