Environment Agency065FWC0601Solent and South Downs

Hamble estuary: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood warnings for Hamble estuary since 14 Dec 2012, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (3).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area: Hamble estuary
Code: 065FWC0601
Environment Agency area: Solent and South Downs
County: Hampshire
River or sea: Hamble Estuary, Southampton Water
First in the history: 14 Dec 2012
Latest in the history file: 8 Apr 2024
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.

2014 was the busiest year for Hamble estuary

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	0	1	0
2023	0	2	0
2022	0	1	0
2020	0	1	0
2014	0	3	0
2013	0	2	0
2012	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.

Most often in February

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.

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