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River Swale at Thornton Bridge: flood history since 2015

The Environment Agency has issued 10 flood warnings for River Swale at Thornton Bridge since 16 Nov 2015, most often in February; the busiest year was 2020 (5).

Flood warnings on record

The flood area

Flood area
River Swale at Thornton Bridge
Code
122FWF236
Environment Agency area
Yorkshire
County
North Yorkshire
River or sea
River Swale
First in the history
16 Nov 2015
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?

2020 was the busiest year for River Swale at Thornton Bridge
2462015: 320152019: 120192020: 520202021: 120212462015: 320152019: 120192020: 520202021: 120212462015: 320152019: 120192020: 520202021: 120212462015: 320152019: 120192020: 520202021: 12021

Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.

The numbers
YearAlertsWarningsSevere
2021010
2020050
2019010
2015030

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?

Most often in February
123Jan: 1JanFeb: 3FebMar: 1MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 0SepOct: 0OctNov: 2NovDec: 3Dec3123Jan: 1JanFeb: 3FebMar: 1MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 0SepOct: 0OctNov: 2NovDec: 3Dec3123Jan: 1JanFeb: 3FebMar: 1MarApr: 0AprMay: 0MayJun: 0JunJul: 0JulAug: 0AugSep: 0SepOct: 0OctNov: 2NovDec: 3Dec3123Jan: 1JFeb: 3FMar: 1MApr: 0AMay: 0MJun: 0JJul: 0JAug: 0ASep: 0SOct: 0ONov: 2NDec: 3D3

All alerts and warnings since 2015 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

DateLevel
20 Jan 2021Flood warning
27 Dec 2020Flood warning
2 Nov 2020Flood warning
22 Feb 2020Flood warning
16 Feb 2020Flood warning
10 Feb 2020Flood warning
17 Mar 2019Flood warning
26 Dec 2015Flood warning
6 Dec 2015Flood warning
16 Nov 2015Flood 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.