Environment Agency053FWFPLWI02Former flood area
River Witham and associated Fens from Washingborough to Metheringham: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood warnings for River Witham and associated Fens from Washingborough to Metheringham since 25 Jun 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2021 (3).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Witham and associated Fens from Washingborough to Metheringham
- Code
- 053FWFPLWI02
- Environment Agency area
- none today (the history file lists it under ANG - Northern)
- First in the history
- 25 Jun 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 6 Jan 2025
- Current status
- no longer an Environment Agency flood area (not in its register of 1 Oct 2026)
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 3 Jan 2024 | Flood warning |
| 20 Oct 2023 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2021 | Flood warning |
| 29 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 16 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 8 Nov 2019 | Flood warning |
| 27 Oct 2019 | Flood warning |
| 21 Jan 2008 | Flood warning |
| 25 Jun 2007 | 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.