Environment Agency112FWTSHA01Wessex
Severn Estuary from Sharpness to Oldbury-on-Severn, Shepperdine and Oldbury Power Station areas: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 15 flood warnings for Severn Estuary from Sharpness to Oldbury-on-Severn, Shepperdine and Oldbury Power Station areas since 2 Jan 2014, most often in March; the busiest year was 2014 (4).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Severn Estuary from Sharpness to Oldbury-on-Severn, Shepperdine and Oldbury Power Station areas
- Code
- 112FWTSHA01
- Environment Agency area
- Wessex
- County
- Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire
- River or sea
- Severn Estuary
- First in the history
- 2 Jan 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Apr 2024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 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 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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood warning |
| 11 Mar 2024 | Flood warning |
| 22 Mar 2023 | Flood warning |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 10 Mar 2020 | Flood warning |
| 10 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Flood warning |
| 2 Jan 2018 | Flood warning |
| 8 Apr 2016 | Flood warning |
| 7 Feb 2016 | Flood warning |
| 20 Feb 2015 | Flood warning |
| 12 Aug 2014 | 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.