Storm Elin

9–10 December 2023 · 2023-24 season · named by Met Eireann · Ireland, Wales, England

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81 mphmax gust

290flood warnings & alerts (England)

Brought gale-force winds gusting to ~81mph (Capel Curig, Wales) and travel disruption over a weekend, with orange wind warnings for several Irish counties; predominantly a wind event.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings

71flood warnings

219flood alerts

259areas

102counties

194rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (8–10 December 2023). 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

Eastern Yar3
River Severn at Apperley and The Leigh3
River Severn at Severn Ham, Tewkesbury3
Christchurch Harbour2
Gog Brook at Warwick2
Holderness Drain2

Counties

Derbyshire30
North Yorkshire27
Worcestershire21
Dorset Council20
Staffordshire19
Warwickshire17

Rivers & seas

Groundwater10
River Derwent10
River Severn10
Eastern Yar5
River Nidd5
Holderness Drain4

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
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm	172.2
Honister	164.6
Coniston Coppermines	158.3
Ennerdale Black Sail	152.8
Seathwaite Farm	143.8
Brotherswater	140.4
Glenridding Greenside Mines	107.9
Ulpha Duddo	107.8
Brathay Hall	106.2
Footholme	103.8
White Barrow	100.4
White Notley	100.0

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Hexham Wydon Water · Wydon Burn	0.25 m	373%
Ferrybridge Fishergate · Wash Dike	0.75 m	354%
Allerton Ings · Aire Washlands	1.01 m	337%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare	1.96 m	337%
Leighton Buzzard · River Ouzel	1.08 m	331%
Stokesley · River Leven	0.99 m	330%
Todmorden Millwood · River Calder	2.43 m	322%
Hunsingore · River Nidd	2.19 m	313%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck	2.29 m	305%
Canklow Washlands · Ulley Brook	2.35 m	302%
Oakenshaw Wyke Bottoms · Low Moor Beck	0.89 m	297%
Sandhill Bridge · Blackfoss Beck	1.46 m	294%

Gauge records cover 8–11 December 2023 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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