Storm Ashley

18–21 October 2024 · 2024-25 season · named by Met Eireann · Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England

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82 mphmax gust

444flood warnings & alerts (England)

First named storm of the season, bringing strong westerly winds chiefly to western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Heavy rain triggered around 45 flood warnings across England, with the River Severn bursting its banks at Worcester.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings

132flood warnings

312flood alerts

263areas

88counties

138rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (17–21 October 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

Coast at North Morecambe Bay8
Wyre estuary from Fleetwood and Knott End to Little Eccleston7
Coast from Gretna to Silloth6
Coast from Heysham to Cockerham6
Humber estuary from Spurn Point to Winestead Outfall6
Lune estuary south west of Lancaster6

Counties

Lancashire48
East Riding of Yorkshire38
Cornwall35
Worcestershire32
Westmorland and Furness28
Cumberland27

Rivers & seas

Irish Sea60
North Sea45
River Severn32
English Channel18
South Cornwall Coast17
Bristol Channel13

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
Rainfall station · Cumberland	131.6
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness	120.0
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness	113.2
Rainfall station · Cumberland	106.8
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness	100.7
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness	99.4
Rainfall station · Cumberland	95.6
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness	92.9
Rainfall station · Cumberland	91.2
Rainfall station · Devon	84.5
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness	77.4
Rainfall station · Westmorland and Furness	76.2

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Acomb Garden House · Birkey Burn	0.61 m	389%
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook	1.45 m	337%
Weetwood Bridge · River Till	3.35 m	296%
Dutlas · River Teme	1.72 m	287%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon	4.87 m	286%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck	2.13 m	284%
Acomb Millersfield · Red Burn	1.12 m	282%
Todmorden Millwood · River Calder	1.79 m	237%
Frampton Cotterell · Bristol Frome	0.77 m	223%
Crudgington · River Strine	1.75 m	222%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare	1.29 m	222%
Silsden · Silsden Beck	0.23 m	215%

Gauge records cover 17–22 October 2024 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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