Environment Agency065WAF111Solent and South Downs

Lower Test: flood history since 2014

The Environment Agency has issued 11 flood alerts for Lower Test since 7 Jan 2014, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (5).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Lower Test
Code: 065WAF111
Environment Agency area: Solent and South Downs
County: Hampshire, Southampton
River or sea: River Test
First in the history: 7 Jan 2014
Latest in the history file: 29 Mar 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 Lower Test

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	3	0	0
2020	3	0	0
2014	5	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 2014 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.