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Storm Debi

13 November 2023 · 2023-24 season · named by Met Eireann · Ireland, Northern Ireland, England

90 mphmax gust
153flood warnings & alerts
A brief but intense storm with a red wind warning across Irish counties; gusts reached ~90mph in the North Pennines and around 100,000 lost power across the Irish Sea region, with some localised flooding.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
18flood warnings
135flood alerts
141areas
69counties
108rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Beaulieu estuary2
  • Christchurch Harbour2
  • Climping Seafront2
  • Lower Dove Brooks in Staffordshire2
  • Mansbridge and Riverside Park2
  • River Arrow and River Alne2

Counties

  • North Yorkshire25
  • Westmorland and Furness15
  • Cumberland12
  • Warwickshire11
  • Worcestershire11
  • Devon10

Rivers & seas

  • Irish Sea7
  • English Channel6
  • River Eden5
  • North Sea3
  • River Nidd3
  • Severn Estuary3

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 209.0
Dancers End 192.9
Seathwaite Farm 186.0
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 176.4
Ennerdale Black Sail 150.8
Coniston Coppermines 131.5
Demings Moss 127.0
Brotherswater 124.0
Glenridding Greenside Mines 118.2
Brathay Hall 117.7
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 117.2
Tow Hill 114.4

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Saintbridge · River Twyver 0.15 m 357%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare 1.96 m 337%
Hexham Tanners Row Downstream · Cockshaw Burn 0.09 m 300%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck 2.16 m 288%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun 2.84 m 284%
Hunsingore · River Nidd 1.96 m 280%
Ferrybridge Fishergate · Wash Dike 0.59 m 278%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.63 m 272%
Nunnington · River Riccal 1.17 m 266%
Bodiam Avenue · Daniels Brook 0.43 m 265%
Uplyme Springhead Road · River Lim 0.48 m 261%
Ramshaw Mill · River Gaunless 1.04 m 258%

Gauge records cover 12–14 November 2023 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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