Environment Agency053WAT600SHBaLincs and Northants
Tidal flooding of areas near the South Humber Bank from Barton Upon Humber to Humberston: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 23 flood alerts for Tidal flooding of areas near the South Humber Bank from Barton Upon Humber to Humberston since 16 Oct 2012, most often in March; the busiest year was 2023 (5).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Tidal flooding of areas near the South Humber Bank from Barton Upon Humber to Humberston
- Code
- 053WAT600SHBa
- Environment Agency area
- Lincs and Northants
- County
- Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire
- River or sea
- The Humber, North Sea
- First in the history
- 16 Oct 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 22 Oct 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 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 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2025 | Flood alert |
| 30 Mar 2025 | Flood alert |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 7 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 13 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 29 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 1 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Flood alert |
| 24 Feb 2023 | Flood alert |
| 22 Feb 2023 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2022 | 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.