Storm Erik

8–9 February 2019 · 2018-19 season · named by Met Office · Ireland, Wales, England

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86 mphmax gust

76flood warnings & alerts (England)

2UK deaths

Strong winds (gusts to ~86mph) across Ireland, Wales and western Britain with two UK deaths; predominantly a wind event with some coastal and surface-water flooding.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings

9flood warnings

67flood alerts

66areas

34counties

47rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (7–9 February 2019). 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

River Mole and its tributaries from Kinnersley Manor to South Hersham3
Upper River Mole, Ifield Brook, Gatwick Stream, Burstow Stream and Salfords Stream3
West Bay Harbour3
East coast of Dorset2
Lyme Regis Harbour2
Tidal River Ouse from Naburn Lock to Selby2

Counties

North Yorkshire14
Cumberland12
Dorset Council11
Westmorland and Furness11
Surrey10
West Sussex8

Rivers & seas

English Channel10
Irish Sea4
North Sea4
Ifield Brook, River Mole, Gatwick Stream, Burstow Stream3
North Cornwall Coast3
River Eden3

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
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm	139.2
Seathwaite Farm	135.4
Honister	133.4
Ennerdale Black Sail	109.0
Coniston Coppermines	106.5
Wet Sleddale	104.8
Brotherswater	102.4
Kent Hatch	100.0
Burnbanks	94.6
Dale Head	90.6
Seathwaite Tarn	90.2
Demings Moss	88.0

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon	5.38 m	316%
Nunnington · River Riccal	1.24 m	282%
Worksop · River Ryton	2.87 m	273%
Wiza Beck Storage Basin, Wigton · Wiza Beck	3.50 m	269%
Bat Bridge · Cundall Beck	0.67 m	261%
Hundred House Bridge · Royal Military Canal	1.03 m	225%
Ferrybridge Fishergate · Wash Dike	0.47 m	220%
Whitewater Bridge · River Maun	1.69 m	211%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook	2.00 m	210%
Tubbs Bottom · Bristol Frome	1.21 m	205%
Ripon Birkby Nab · River Laver	1.73 m	202%
Moyles Court · Docken's Water	0.60 m	200%

Gauge records cover 7–10 February 2019 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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