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Archive Cat 3 · Significant

Storm Doris

23 February 2017 · 2016-17 season · named by Met Office · Wales, England, Scotland

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94 mphmax gust
20flood warnings & alerts (England)
3UK deaths
An explosively-deepening storm (gusts 94mph at Capel Curig) that cut power to nearly 50,000, killed several people from falling debris and disrupted transport across Wales, the Midlands and northern England; chiefly a damaging-wind event.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings
1flood warnings
19flood alerts
20areas
26counties
17rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (22–23 February 2017). 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

  • Earby Beck and Glusburn Beck Catchments1
  • Lower River Swale1
  • Middle River Mersey catchment including areas near Bramhall, Stockport, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston1
  • River Aire Upper Catchment1
  • River Calder Upper Catchment1
  • River Churnet and River Tean1

Counties

  • North Yorkshire6
  • Bradford3
  • York3
  • Norfolk2
  • Gloucestershire2
  • Herefordshire2

Rivers & seas

  • River Wye3
  • River Ouse2
  • Bristol Channel1
  • Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck1
  • Glusburn Beck1
  • River Aire, Eller Beck1

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

GaugeTotal mm
Honister 139.6
Ennerdale Black Sail 132.4
Seathwaite Farm 109.6
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 82.6
Brathay Hall 78.2
Ennerdale Starling Gill 65.0
Dale Head 62.6
Wet Sleddale 59.6
Ennerdale 57.4
Brotherswater 57.3
Seathwaite Tarn 55.6
Demings Moss 54.8

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.75 m 279%
Bourn Brook · Bourn Brook 1.23 m 248%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare 1.26 m 216%
Riseley · River Kym 1.49 m 213%
Nunnington · River Riccal 0.92 m 209%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 1.89 m 199%
Silsden · Silsden Beck 0.20 m 187%
Comberton · Bourn Brook 1.55 m 185%
Cononley · River Aire 1.97 m 185%
Quixhill · River Churnet 1.45 m 184%
Mytholmroyd Dauber Bridge · Cragg Brook 0.55 m 180%
Waren Mill · Waren Burn 0.70 m 179%

Gauge records cover 22–24 February 2017 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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