Environment Agency051FWFEF5CEast Anglia
The River Brain through Braintree, to and including Witham: flood history since 2009
The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood warnings for The River Brain through Braintree, to and including Witham since 10 Feb 2009, most often in February; the busiest year was 2012 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Brain through Braintree, to and including Witham
- Code
- 051FWFEF5C
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex
- River or sea
- Brain
- First in the history
- 10 Feb 2009
- Latest in the history file
- 15 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 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 2009 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 |
|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 10 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 8 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
| 30 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 24 Nov 2014 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 23 Dec 2012 | Flood warning |
| 20 Dec 2012 | Flood warning |
| 27 Nov 2012 | 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.