Environment Agency051WAFEF3East Anglia
The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 29 flood alerts for The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham since 25 Feb 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Stour from Sudbury to Stratford St Mary and Dedham
- Code
- 051WAFEF3
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Essex, Suffolk
- River or sea
- Stour
- First in the history
- 25 Feb 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 17 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 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 2007 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 |
|---|---|
| 17 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 7 Feb 2026 | Flood alert |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 9 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 9 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 May 2024 | Flood alert |
| 24 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Jan 2024 | Flood alert |
| 2 Nov 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.