Environment Agency121WAT902North East

Tweed estuary: flood history since 2011

The Environment Agency has issued 58 flood alerts for Tweed estuary since 4 Feb 2011, most often in March; the busiest year was 2014 (8).

Flood alerts only

The flood area

Flood area: Tweed estuary
Code: 121WAT902
Environment Agency area: North East
County: Northumberland
River or sea: River Tweed
First in the history: 4 Feb 2011
Latest in the history file: 5 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 Tweed estuary

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
2025	1	0	0
2024	5	0	0
2023	5	0	0
2022	6	0	0
2021	3	0	0
2020	6	0	0
2019	6	0	0
2018	4	0	0
2017	3	0	0
2016	4	0	0
2015	2	0	0
2014	8	0	0
2013	2	0	0
2012	1	0	0
2011	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 March

All alerts and warnings since 2011 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.