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Storm Barney

17–18 November 2015 · 2015-16 season · named by Met Office · Wales, England, Ireland

85 mphmax gust
39flood warnings & alerts
Strong winds (gusting 85mph at Aberdaron, Gwynedd) hit Ireland, Wales, the Midlands and southern/eastern England, cutting power to around 26,000 customers and disrupting rail; impact was predominantly wind.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
14flood warnings
25flood alerts
37areas
22counties
24rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • River Aire at West Haddlesey and Chapel Haddlesey2
  • Somerset coast at Porlock Weir2
  • Coastal areas of Seaford Sea Front1
  • Cuckmere River1
  • Earby Beck and Glusburn Beck Catchments1
  • English Dee from Shocklach to Chester1

Counties

  • North Yorkshire23
  • Westmorland and Furness6
  • Leeds3
  • East Riding of Yorkshire3
  • Cumberland3
  • Bradford3

Rivers & seas

  • River Aire4
  • River Swale4
  • River Ure3
  • Bristol Channel2
  • North Sea2
  • River Eden2

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 103.2
Ennerdale Black Sail 88.4
Beckermonds 86.8
Footholme 85.0
Littondale 84.2
Far Gearstones 83.7
White Barrow 80.2
Brotherswater 78.8
Stocks 76.6
Seathwaite Farm 75.8
Tow Hill 73.6
Burnbanks 70.8

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Hexham Tanners Row Downstream · Cockshaw Burn 0.13 m 433%
Hunsingore · River Nidd 2.34 m 334%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.85 m 285%
Cononley · River Aire 2.63 m 247%
High River Keer · River Keer 2.14 m 238%
Harwood · Harwood Beck 1.33 m 230%
Lodore · Derwentwater 3.13 m 224%
Roe Bridge · River Brock 3.31 m 221%
Coney Gut · Coney Gut 1.77 m 217%
Viking Recorder · River Ouse 4.08 m 215%
Pateley Bridge · River Nidd 1.92 m 213%
Far Sawrey · Windermere 2.08 m 208%

Gauge records cover 16–19 November 2015 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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