Storm Henk

2–5 January 2024 · 2023-24 season · named by Met Office · England, Wales

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94 mphmax gust

1,085flood warnings & alerts (England)

2UK deaths

Best remembered for severe flooding: heavy rain on saturated catchments pushed the Trent, Severn and other rivers to major levels, triggering over 600 flood warnings across central and southern England with extensive inundation in the South West and Midlands.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

2severe warnings

618flood warnings

465flood alerts

851areas

126counties

432rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (1–5 January 2024). 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 Torridge (Lower) from Dolton to Bideford, including Taddiport and Weare Giffard4
Tetbury Avon at Malmesbury4
Aldingbourne and Barnham Rifes3
Barcombe Mills3
Bristol Avon (middle) at Bradford on Avon3
Bristol Avon (middle) from Melksham to Bathford, not including Bradford on Avon3

Counties

Hampshire88
Wiltshire76
Staffordshire74
Nottinghamshire64
Dorset Council62
Derbyshire51

Rivers & seas

River Trent58
Groundwater49
River Severn34
River Thames29
River Avon21
River Soar16

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	171.2
Dartmoor Fernworthy	124.5
Holne Priddons Farm	121.3
Dartmoor	117.0
Bellever Dartmoor	114.9
Blackpitts	106.1
West Dunkery	103.2
Princetown	97.8
Ennerdale Black Sail	95.0
Hug Bridge	94.0
Kinsford Gate	94.0
Austins Bridge	92.1

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Hexham Tanners Row Downstream · Cockshaw Burn	0.13 m	433%
Shepton Mallet Garston Street · River Sheppey	1.60 m	400%
Fenton Dam · Bushy Beck	6.02 m	368%
Rugby · River Avon	3.66 m	339%
Bradley Bridge · Bradley Brook	1.80 m	331%
Haslingfield Burnt Mill · River Rhee	1.31 m	328%
Worksop · River Ryton	3.43 m	327%
Hundred House Bridge · Royal Military Canal	1.49 m	326%
Highfield · River Sheaf	3.54 m	322%
Shipston · River Stour	3.03 m	313%
Sharnbrook · River Great Ouse	2.60 m	311%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck	2.32 m	309%

Gauge records cover 1–6 January 2024 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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