Storm Eunice

18 February 2022 · 2021-22 season · named by Met Office · England, Wales

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122 mphmax gust

224flood warnings & alerts (England)

3UK deaths

Brought hurricane-force winds with a 122mph gust at The Needles — the fastest ever recorded in England — under rare red warnings for south-west England and south Wales; about 1.4 million homes lost power, with coastal storm-surge flooding along exposed shores.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

10severe warnings

66flood warnings

148flood alerts

158areas

63counties

77rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (17–18 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

Humber estuary from Spurn Point to Winestead Outfall4
North Sea coast at Withernsea, Easington and Kilnsea4
Dorset coast at Chiswell3
Epney on the Severn Estuary3
Framilode and Priding on the Severn Estuary3
Frampton, Upper Framilode and Saul on the Severn Estuary3

Counties

Gloucestershire34
Hampshire19
Cornwall17
Cumberland14
East Riding of Yorkshire14
West Sussex12

Rivers & seas

English Channel26
River Severn26
Irish Sea24
Bristol Channel11
North Cornwall Coast9
North Sea9

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	114.4
Seathwaite Farm	107.6
Littondale	94.4
Honister	85.8
Eastington	84.8
Ennerdale Black Sail	83.8
Scar House	81.6
Coniston Coppermines	81.2
Thornton	80.2
Halifax Ogden	79.4
Marsden Butterley	79.0
Lower Laithe	78.0

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook	1.59 m	369%
Melford · River Thet	1.82 m	321%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun	3.13 m	313%
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%
Leighton Buzzard · River Ouzel	0.85 m	260%
Worksop · River Ryton	2.52 m	240%
Fenton Dam · Bushy Beck	3.88 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 17–19 February 2022 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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