Environment Agency122FWF227Yorkshire
River Swale at Helperby: flood history since 2012
The Environment Agency has issued 13 flood warnings for River Swale at Helperby since 26 Sep 2012, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (5).
Flood warnings on record
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Swale at Helperby
- Code
- 122FWF227
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- North Yorkshire
- River or sea
- River Swale
- First in the history
- 26 Sep 2012
- Latest in the history file
- 20 Jan 2021
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2021 | Flood warning |
| 27 Dec 2020 | Flood warning |
| 2 Nov 2020 | Flood warning |
| 22 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 16 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 10 Feb 2020 | Flood warning |
| 17 Mar 2019 | Flood warning |
| 26 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 6 Dec 2015 | Flood warning |
| 16 Nov 2015 | Flood warning |
| 26 Nov 2012 | Flood warning |
| 26 Sep 2012 | 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.