Environment Agency031WAF208West Midlands
Bow and Piddle Brook: flood history since 2010
The Environment Agency has issued 123 flood alerts for Bow and Piddle Brook since 30 Dec 2010, most often in December; the busiest year was 2024 (15).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Bow and Piddle Brook
- Code
- 031WAF208
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Worcestershire
- River or sea
- Piddle, Bow
- First in the history
- 30 Dec 2010
- Latest in the history file
- 27 Feb 2026
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 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 2010 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 |
|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 19 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | 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.