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Archive Cat 2 · Moderate

Storm Franklin

20–21 February 2022 · 2021-22 season · named by Met Office · England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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93 mphmax gust
504flood warnings & alerts (England)
The third named storm in a week, landing on ground already saturated by Dudley and Eunice and producing significant river flooding across northern England, the Midlands and Wales (notably the Mersey, Calder and Severn), with major flood warnings issued.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

4severe warnings
255flood warnings
245flood alerts
442areas
104counties
184rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (19–21 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

  • The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries5
  • Climping Seafront4
  • River Severn at Wribbenhall, Bewdley4
  • Coastal areas of Medmerry3
  • Somerset coast at Porlock Weir3
  • The tidal Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne3

Counties

  • North Yorkshire82
  • Derbyshire52
  • Worcestershire43
  • Shropshire27
  • Leeds23
  • Staffordshire22

Rivers & seas

  • River Severn40
  • North Sea27
  • River Derwent23
  • River Wharfe22
  • River Don20
  • River Calder17

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

GaugeTotal mm
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 186.8
Seathwaite Farm 173.8
Honister 164.0
Ennerdale Black Sail 146.6
Littondale 121.6
Brotherswater 108.8
Burnbanks 108.6
Coniston Coppermines 108.3
Far Gearstones 107.2
Beckermonds 107.0
Brathay Hall 106.2
Scar House 104.2

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Fenton Dam · Bushy Beck 5.84 m 357%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 3.12 m 328%
Ramshaw Mill · River Gaunless 1.30 m 322%
Rocester · River Dove 2.13 m 317%
Quixhill · River Churnet 2.28 m 289%
Wakefield Brooks Bank · Balne Beck 0.93 m 288%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.85 m 285%
Worksop · River Ryton 2.95 m 281%
Pateley Bridge · River Nidd 2.48 m 275%
Cononley · River Aire 2.90 m 273%
Sandhill Bridge · Blackfoss Beck 1.35 m 272%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun 2.71 m 271%

Gauge records cover 19–22 February 2022 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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