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Storm Barra

6–8 December 2021 · 2021-22 season · named by Met Eireann · Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland

97 mphmax gust
175flood warnings & alerts
Strong winds and heavy rain swept Ireland and the UK, with gusts near 97mph in the south-west and rain turning to snow in northern uplands, bringing localised surface-water and coastal flooding alongside the wind.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
29flood warnings
146flood alerts
141areas
76counties
81rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Coast from St Bees Head to Millom3
  • Mansbridge and Riverside Park3
  • Mersey Estuary at Warrington3
  • River Sow and River Penk3
  • Somerset coast at Porlock Weir3
  • Southampton Water and Hamble3

Counties

  • Hampshire21
  • West Sussex12
  • Staffordshire11
  • Warrington10
  • Derbyshire9
  • Lancashire9

Rivers & seas

  • North Sea17
  • Irish Sea14
  • English Channel13
  • Bristol Channel7
  • The Solent7
  • River Wye6

Flood mapthe storm's flood footprint

Red/amber rings mark rivers that reached or came close to their own high level during the storm — the most direct evidence of likely flooding (the gauge measures the river, not any one property). Solid dots mark each flood area's reference point, coloured by the most severe warning raised there — a warning means flooding was expected. Shaded shapes are the Environment Agency's recorded flood outlines: land actually observed flooded, published retrospectively (updated quarterly). England data only.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

GaugeTotal mm
Seathwaite Farm 96.2
Footholme 92.8
Ennerdale Black Sail 84.6
Hollinsclough 81.8
Dale Head 78.0
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 76.8
Darwen Sunnyhurst 76.7
Wastwater Hotel 75.6
Grimston 73.2
Langstone Moor 73.2
White Barrow 72.9
Sweetloves 72.6

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Hexham Wydon Water · Wydon Burn 0.35 m 519%
Middlesbrough Albert Park Footbridge · Marton West Beck 0.54 m 356%
Weetwood Bridge · River Till 3.28 m 290%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.92 m 289%
Broadway Foot · River Rye 1.10 m 275%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 2.55 m 269%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck 1.99 m 265%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun 2.57 m 257%
Stanneylands · Dean 1.28 m 253%
Waterhouses · River Hamps 1.16 m 248%
Tanfield · River Team 1.06 m 239%
Quixhill · River Churnet 1.86 m 235%

Gauge records cover 5–9 December 2021 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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