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Bourn Brook at Selly Oak: flood history since 2022

The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood warnings for Bourn Brook at Selly Oak since 23 Oct 2022, most often in November; the busiest year was 2024 (6).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area
Bourn Brook at Selly Oak
Code
033FWF3BOURNBROOK
Environment Agency area
West Midlands
County
Birmingham
First in the history
23 Oct 2022
Latest in the history file
14 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?

2024 was the busiest year for Bourn Brook at Selly Oak
2462022: 220222023: 220232024: 620242025: 320252462022: 220222023: 220232024: 620242025: 320252462022: 220222023: 220232024: 620242025: 320252462022: 220222023: 220232024: 620242025: 32025

Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.

The numbers
YearAlertsWarningsSevere
2025030
2024060
2023020
2022020

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?

Most often in November
24Jan: 1JanFeb: 1FebMar: 0MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 1JulAug: 0AugSep: 1SepOct: 3OctNov: 4NovDec: 2Dec424Jan: 1JanFeb: 1FebMar: 0MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 1JulAug: 0AugSep: 1SepOct: 3OctNov: 4NovDec: 2Dec424Jan: 1JanFeb: 1FebMar: 0MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 1JulAug: 0AugSep: 1SepOct: 3OctNov: 4NovDec: 2Dec424Jan: 1JFeb: 1FMar: 0MApr: 0AMay: 0MJun: 0JJul: 1JAug: 0ASep: 1SOct: 3ONov: 4NDec: 2D4

All alerts and warnings since 2022 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

DateLevel
14 Nov 2025Flood warning
11 Nov 2025Flood warning
5 Jan 2025Flood warning
18 Dec 2024Flood warning
5 Dec 2024Flood warning
24 Nov 2024Flood warning
16 Oct 2024Flood warning
26 Sep 2024Flood warning
22 Feb 2024Flood warning
20 Oct 2023Flood warning
8 Jul 2023Flood warning
24 Nov 2022Flood 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.