Environment Agency122WAT961Yorkshire
Humber estuary from Lords Clough to Hessle Haven: flood history since 2011
The Environment Agency has issued 19 flood alerts for Humber estuary from Lords Clough to Hessle Haven since 27 Nov 2011, most often in January; the busiest year was 2017 (4).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Humber estuary from Lords Clough to Hessle Haven
- Code
- 122WAT961
- Environment Agency area
- Yorkshire
- County
- East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull
- River or sea
- The Humber
- First in the history
- 27 Nov 2011
- Latest in the history file
- 19 Oct 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 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.
When in the year?
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.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 11 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 19 Nov 2020 | Flood alert |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Flood alert |
| 1 Mar 2018 | Flood alert |
| 3 Jan 2018 | Flood alert |
| 27 Feb 2017 | Flood alert |
| 14 Jan 2017 | Flood alert |
| 13 Jan 2017 | Flood alert |
| 12 Jan 2017 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.