Environment Agency054WAFNF3DEast Anglia
The River Yare at Norwich, from Cringleford to Trowse Newton: flood history since 2007
The Environment Agency has issued 14 flood alerts for The River Yare at Norwich, from Cringleford to Trowse Newton since 11 Jan 2007, most often in December; the busiest year was 2023 (3).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- The River Yare at Norwich, from Cringleford to Trowse Newton
- Code
- 054WAFNF3D
- Environment Agency area
- East Anglia
- County
- Norfolk
- River or sea
- River Yare
- First in the history
- 11 Jan 2007
- Latest in the history file
- 20 Feb 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 19 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 10 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 4 Nov 2023 | Flood alert |
| 21 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 7 Sep 2023 | Flood alert |
| 30 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Flood alert |
| 29 Dec 2020 | Flood alert |
| 22 Dec 2019 | Flood alert |
| 3 Apr 2018 | Flood alert |
| 28 Dec 2017 | Flood alert |
| 26 Jun 2016 | 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.