Environment Agency055WAT602WTEaLincs and Northants
Tidal flooding of areas near the Wash Frontage in Lincolnshire: flood history since 2009
The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood alerts for Tidal flooding of areas near the Wash Frontage in Lincolnshire since 19 Sep 2009, most often in September; the busiest year was 2015 (6).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Tidal flooding of areas near the Wash Frontage in Lincolnshire
- Code
- 055WAT602WTEa
- Environment Agency area
- Lincs and Northants
- County
- Lincolnshire
- River or sea
- The Wash
- First in the history
- 19 Sep 2009
- Latest in the history file
- 6 Nov 2021
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 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 2009 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 Nov 2021 | Flood alert |
| 29 Sep 2019 | Flood alert |
| 23 Mar 2019 | Flood alert |
| 1 Feb 2018 | Flood alert |
| 12 Jan 2017 | Flood alert |
| 29 Sep 2015 | Flood alert |
| 1 Sep 2015 | Flood alert |
| 31 Aug 2015 | Flood alert |
| 30 Aug 2015 | Flood alert |
| 20 Mar 2015 | Flood alert |
| 20 Feb 2015 | Flood alert |
| 9 Sep 2014 | 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.