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Storm Agnes

27–28 September 2023 · 2023-24 season · named by Met Office · Ireland, Wales, England, Scotland

84 mphmax gust
29flood warnings & alerts
First named storm of the season, bringing strong winds gusting to ~84mph (Capel Curig, Wales) and heavy rain across the British Isles, causing travel disruption and some surface-water flooding.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
2flood warnings
27flood alerts
25areas
22counties
14rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Christchurch Harbour2
  • Coast at North Morecambe Bay2
  • Mersey Estuary at Warrington2
  • Wyre estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End to Little Eccleston2
  • Climping Seafront1
  • Coast from Gretna to Silloth1

Counties

  • Lancashire4
  • Cumberland4
  • East Riding of Yorkshire4
  • Bournemouth3
  • Christchurch and Poole3
  • Norfolk3

Rivers & seas

  • Irish Sea5
  • North Sea5
  • English Channel4
  • Bristol Channel2
  • Mersey Estuary2
  • North Cornwall Coast2

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
Honister 86.4
Ennerdale Black Sail 85.4
Seathwaite Farm 83.2
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 78.0
Glenridding Greenside Mines 74.0
Dale Head 70.0
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 68.4
Coniston Coppermines 64.7
High Row 64.0
Brotherswater 59.6
Ennerdale Starling Gill 54.4
Force Crag 51.1

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Clifton Hall · River Mease 5.38 m 364%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun 3.04 m 304%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.63 m 272%
Ashford in the Water · River Wye 1.67 m 223%
Prestbury Road · Wymans Brook 0.09 m 180%
Bacons End · River Cole 0.69 m 179%
Repps · River Thurne 1.37 m 176%
Kielder Butteryhaugh · River North Tyne 0.92 m 164%
Sidmouth Higher Woolbrook Road · Wool Brook 1.09 m 156%
The Causeway · Dimore Brook 0.84 m 155%
Bedburn · Bedburn Beck 1.60 m 152%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 1.39 m 146%

Gauge records cover 26–29 September 2023 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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