Environment Agency033WAF300West Midlands
River Rea: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 82 flood alerts for River Rea since 18 Jul 2014, most often in June; the busiest year was 2024 (20). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 4 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Rea
- Code
- 033WAF300
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Birmingham
- River or sea
- River Rea
- First in the history
- 18 Jul 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 26 May 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 30 Aug 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.
The latest: since 1 July 2026, in AreaZine's record of the live feed
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Flood alert |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 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 2014 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 |
|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 14 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 4 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jul 2025 | Flood alert |
| 13 Jun 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Jun 2025 | Flood alert |
| 12 May 2025 | Flood alert |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 5 Dec 2024 | 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.