Environment Agency034WAB420East Midlands
Tidal Trent for riverside areas from Gainsborough to the Humber confluence: flood history since 2017
The Environment Agency has issued 29 flood alerts for Tidal Trent for riverside areas from Gainsborough to the Humber confluence since 12 Jan 2017, most often in September; the busiest year was 2024 (7).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Tidal Trent for riverside areas from Gainsborough to the Humber confluence
- Code
- 034WAB420
- Environment Agency area
- East Midlands
- County
- East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire
- River or sea
- River Trent
- First in the history
- 12 Jan 2017
- Latest in the history file
- 5 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?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 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 2017 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 |
|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 28 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 29 Sep 2023 | 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.