Environment Agency114FWT1T1CA00Devon and Cornwall
Plymouth Barbican: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 18 flood warnings and 1 severe flood warning for Plymouth Barbican since 16 Oct 2012, most often in January; the busiest year was 2014 (10).
Severe flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- Plymouth Barbican
- Code
- 114FWT1T1CA00
- Environment Agency area
- Devon and Cornwall
- County
- Plymouth
- River or sea
- Plymouth Sound
- First in the history
- 16 Oct 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 15 Dec 2020
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 2012 | 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 20 Aug 2020 | Flood warning |
| 3 Mar 2018 | Flood warning |
| 2 Mar 2018 | Flood warning |
| 8 Apr 2016 | Flood warning |
| 8 Oct 2014 | Flood warning |
| 1 Mar 2014 | Flood warning |
| 14 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 8 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 2 Feb 2014 | Flood warning |
| 31 Jan 2014 | Flood warning |
| 31 Jan 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.