Environment Agency033FWF3SOW002West Midlands
River Sow St. Thomas area: flood history since 2008
The Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings for River Sow St. Thomas area since 6 Sep 2008, most often in January; the busiest year was 2012 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Sow St. Thomas area
- Code
- 033FWF3SOW002
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Staffordshire
- River or sea
- River Sow
- First in the history
- 6 Sep 2008
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Dec 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2008 | 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 2008 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 |
|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 21 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 26 Oct 2019 | Flood warning |
| 27 Jan 2013 | Flood warning |
| 20 Dec 2012 | Flood warning |
| 25 Nov 2012 | Flood warning |
| 26 Sep 2012 | Flood warning |
| 10 Jul 2012 | Flood warning |
| 7 Jul 2012 | Flood warning |
| 6 Sep 2008 | 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.