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Storm Atiyah

8–9 December 2019 · 2019-20 season · named by Met Eireann · Ireland, Wales, England

87 mphmax gust
42flood warnings & alerts
The first storm named under the new UK/Ireland/Netherlands list, bringing strong winds across Ireland and southwest Britain with ~34,000 power outages; mainly a wind event.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
3flood warnings
39flood alerts
40areas
37counties
33rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Upper River Swale2
  • Weymouth Rivers and Streams2
  • Dorset coast at Poole Harbour1
  • East coast of Dorset1
  • Isolated low lying properties along the tidal River Waveney1
  • Keswick Campsite1

Counties

  • North Yorkshire10
  • Dorset Council9
  • Norfolk6
  • Somerset4
  • Westmorland and Furness4
  • Suffolk4

Rivers & seas

  • North Sea4
  • English Channel3
  • Bristol River Avon2
  • River Swale, Gilling Beck, Skeeby Beck2
  • River Yare2
  • Wey, Jordan, Pucksey Brook2

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 204.4
Ennerdale Black Sail 180.4
Seathwaite Farm 176.8
Brotherswater 156.4
Demings Moss 149.2
Wet Sleddale 147.8
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 145.4
Coniston Coppermines 144.3
Dale Head 135.4
Kentmere Hallow Bank No2 116.8
Seathwaite Tarn 114.2
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 112.6

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 5.60 m 329%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 2.05 m 216%
Whitewater Bridge · River Maun 1.71 m 214%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun 2.10 m 210%
Kielder Butteryhaugh · River North Tyne 1.16 m 208%
Marshfield Bridge · Valley Brook 1.11 m 200%
Haydon Bridge Brigwood · River South Tyne 1.79 m 192%
Calder Hall · River Calder 0.98 m 190%
Roe Bridge · River Brock 2.70 m 180%
Hynam Bridge · River Gelt 1.29 m 174%
Riseley · River Kym 1.22 m 174%
Mytholmroyd Dauber Bridge · Cragg Brook 0.53 m 173%

Gauge records cover 7–10 December 2019 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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