Environment Agency053WAF116TLWLincs and Northants

Lower River Witham: flood history since 2007

The Environment Agency has issued 29 flood alerts for Lower River Witham since 25 Jun 2007, most often in January; the busiest year was 2019 (5).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Lower River Witham
Code: 053WAF116TLW
Environment Agency area: Lincs and Northants
County: Lincolnshire
River or sea: River Witham, South Delph
First in the history: 25 Jun 2007
Latest in the history file: 28 Feb 2026
Current status: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

2019 was the busiest year for Lower River Witham

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	2	0	0
2024	2	0	0
2023	3	0	0
2021	2	0	0
2020	2	0	0
2019	5	0	0
2018	1	0	0
2016	1	0	0
2013	3	0	0
2012	4	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.

Most often in January

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.

Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.