Environment Agency033WAF330West Midlands
River Stour and Smestow Brook in the Black Country and South Staffordshire: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 171 flood alerts for River Stour and Smestow Brook in the Black Country and South Staffordshire since 25 Apr 2014, most often in June; the busiest year was 2024 (35). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 3 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Stour and Smestow Brook in the Black Country and South Staffordshire
- Code
- 033WAF330
- Environment Agency area
- West Midlands
- County
- Dudley, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
- River or sea
- River Stour, Smestow Brook
- First in the history
- 25 Apr 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 2 Jun 2026
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 28 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 2 Jun 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 May 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 11 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | 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.