Environment Agency051WACDV4DEast Anglia
The Essex coast from St Peters Flat to and including Shoeburyness and the Crouch and Roach estuaries: flood history since 2009
The Environment Agency has issued 146 flood alerts for The Essex coast from St Peters Flat to and including Shoeburyness and the Crouch and Roach estuaries since 3 Oct 2009, most often in October; the busiest year was 2012 (34). The history file ends in June 2026; AreaZine's record of the live feed adds 2 since 1 July 2026.
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The Essex coast from St Peters Flat to and including Shoeburyness and the Crouch and Roach estuaries
- Code
- 051WACDV4D
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex, Southend-on-Sea
- River or sea
- River Crouch, River Roach, North Sea
- First in the history
- 3 Oct 2009
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Dec 2025
- Latest in AreaZine's record
- Flood alert, 28 Sep 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 Sep 2026 | Flood alert |
| 18 Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 10 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2025 | Flood alert |
| 25 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 4 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 8 Sep 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 21 Oct 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.