Environment Agency033FWF3SWIFT01West Midlands
River Swift at Rugby: flood history since 2018
The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for River Swift at Rugby since 27 May 2018, most often in December; the busiest year was 2023 (4).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Swift at Rugby
- Code
- 033FWF3SWIFT01
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Warwickshire
- River or sea
- River Swift
- First in the history
- 27 May 2018
- Latest in the history file
- 28 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 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 2018 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 |
|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 27 Sep 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 31 Dec 2023 | Flood warning |
| 28 Dec 2023 | Flood warning |
| 4 Dec 2023 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 14 Nov 2019 | Flood warning |
| 27 May 2018 | 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.