Storm Dudley

16–17 February 2022 · 2021-22 season · named by Met Office · Scotland, England, Northern Ireland

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81 mphmax gust

178flood warnings & alerts (England)

First of three storms in a week, bringing amber-warning winds to northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland with structural damage and widespread power cuts; primarily a wind storm.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

10severe warnings

40flood warnings

128flood alerts

146areas

64counties

74rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (15–17 February 2022). Welsh warnings are held in a separate record and are not counted here, and FloodRadar only began recording Scottish warnings on 16 September 2026 because SEPA publishes no archive. So this is England's share of the storm, not its total.

Worst-hit areas

Coast from St Bees Head to Millom3
Humber estuary from Spurn Point to Winestead Outfall3
North Sea coast at Withernsea, Easington and Kilnsea3
River Dee catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester3
Somerset coast at Porlock Weir3
Coast at Barrow in Furness2

Counties

Gloucestershire27
Cornwall14
Cumberland12
Devon11
Hampshire10
Shropshire9

Rivers & seas

English Channel18
Irish Sea18
River Severn18
Bristol Channel9
North Sea9
River Wye7

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. An unshaded area means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

Gauge	Total mm
White Barrow	93.1
Kinsford Gate	87.5
Eastington	87.2
West Dunkery	74.0
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm	72.6
Bellever Dartmoor	67.2
Coniston Coppermines	64.7
Seathwaite Farm	64.0
Brotherswater	63.7
Brownhills	63.6
Holne Priddons Farm	62.8
Langsett	61.8

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Melford · River Thet	1.82 m	321%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun	3.13 m	313%
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook	1.32 m	307%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon	5.12 m	300%
Canklow Washlands · Ulley Brook	2.16 m	278%
Stanford Bridge · River Teme	3.56 m	260%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck	1.90 m	253%
Mountnessing · River Wid	1.05 m	242%
Worksop · River Ryton	2.48 m	237%
Sandhill Bridge · Blackfoss Beck	1.17 m	236%
Quixhill · River Churnet	1.82 m	230%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook	2.13 m	224%

Gauge records cover 15–18 February 2022 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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