Environment Agency111FWFSTOL800Wessex
Lower Stour from Sturminster Marshall to Christchurch: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 37 flood warnings for Lower Stour from Sturminster Marshall to Christchurch since 26 Apr 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (7).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Lower Stour from Sturminster Marshall to Christchurch
- Code
- 111FWFSTOL800
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset Council
- River or sea
- River Stour
- First in the history
- 26 Apr 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 7 Feb 2026
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 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 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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 7 Feb 2026 | Flood warning |
| 22 Jan 2026 | Flood warning |
| 19 Dec 2025 | Flood warning |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Flood warning |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 6 Jan 2025 | Flood warning |
| 24 Nov 2024 | Flood warning |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 2 Oct 2024 | Flood warning |
| 29 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 4 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 19 Feb 2024 | Flood warning |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.