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Storm Erik

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

86 mphmax gust
76flood warnings & alerts
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 footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
9flood warnings
67flood alerts
66areas
34counties
47rivers & seas

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.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

GaugeTotal 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

StationPeak% 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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