Environment Agency065WAF413Solent and South Downs

River Lavant: flood history since 2012

The Environment Agency has issued 17 flood alerts for River Lavant since 22 Dec 2012, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (8).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: River Lavant
Code: 065WAF413
Environment Agency area: Solent and South Downs
County: West Sussex
River or sea: River Lavant
First in the history: 22 Dec 2012
Latest in the history file: 2 Feb 2026
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 River Lavant

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
2026	1	0	0
2024	2	0	0
2023	4	0	0
2020	1	0	0
2014	8	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.

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.