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Storm Francis

25–26 August 2020 · 2019-20 season · named by Met Office · England, Wales, Scotland

63flood warnings & alerts
Followed Ellen with strong winds and heavy rain across England, Wales and Scotland, causing some surface-water and localised river flooding in an unusually stormy August.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
5flood warnings
58flood alerts
61areas
49counties
57rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Somerset coast at Porlock Weir2
  • The River Dee Catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester2
  • Earby Beck and Glusburn Beck1
  • Exmoor Rivers1
  • Honksford Brook at Worsley Business Park and Mosley Common Road1
  • Keswick Campsite1

Counties

  • North Yorkshire12
  • Devon9
  • Westmorland and Furness7
  • Cumberland7
  • Staffordshire6
  • Somerset5

Rivers & seas

  • Bristol Channel2
  • North Sea2
  • River Dee2
  • River Douglas2
  • River Nidd2
  • River Wye2

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
White Barrow 133.0
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 113.4
Seathwaite Tarn 105.2
West Dunkery 100.4
Goldscleugh 99.4
Princetown 95.8
Cat And Fiddle 93.6
Coniston Coppermines 92.5
Holne Priddons Farm 91.7
Brownhills 90.4
Burnbanks 89.2
Longridge Spade Mill 88.8

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Hexham Tanners Row Downstream · Cockshaw Burn 0.12 m 410%
Prestbury Road · Wymans Brook 0.18 m 366%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 2.93 m 308%
Ferrybridge Fishergate · Wash Dike 0.62 m 294%
Calthorpe Park · River Rea 1.22 m 293%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck 2.20 m 293%
Whitewater Bridge · River Maun 2.19 m 274%
Todmorden Millwood · River Calder 2.07 m 274%
Broadway Foot · River Rye 1.08 m 269%
The Causeway · Dimore Brook 1.40 m 258%
Portmarsh Lane · Coney Gut 1.28 m 256%
Roe Bridge · River Brock 3.72 m 248%

Gauge records cover 24–27 August 2020 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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