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Storm Freya

3–4 March 2019 · 2018-19 season · named by Met Office · England, Wales, Scotland

76 mphmax gust
19flood warnings & alerts
A wind-driven storm sweeping England, Wales and southern Scotland with widespread gusts and travel disruption; flooding impact minor.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
2flood warnings
17flood alerts
19areas
11counties
15rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Cranleigh Waters1
  • Dorset coast at Poole Harbour1
  • East coast of Dorset1
  • Lyme Regis Harbour1
  • North Dartmoor Rivers1
  • River Axe Area1

Counties

  • Dorset Council10
  • Somerset5
  • Devon5
  • Surrey4
  • Bournemouth2
  • Christchurch and Poole2

Rivers & seas

  • English Channel5
  • Bristol Channel1
  • Ifield Brook, River Mole, Gatwick Stream, Burstow Stream1
  • Littlemead Brook, Cranleigh Waters, Hascombe Stream1
  • River Asker, River Brit, River Bride, River Char, River Lim1
  • River Cale1

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
Seathwaite Farm 144.4
Ennerdale Black Sail 139.6
White Barrow 138.8
Honister 137.2
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 136.4
Coniston Coppermines 125.8
Brotherswater 117.5
Wet Sleddale 107.6
Dale Head 105.2
Holne Priddons Farm 104.0
Dartmoor 101.0
Seathwaite Tarn 100.2

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 3.92 m 230%
Whitewater Bridge · River Maun 1.65 m 207%
Ashford in the Water · River Wye 1.44 m 192%
Hundred House Bridge · Royal Military Canal 0.82 m 179%
Lodsbridge · River Rother 3.13 m 170%
Riseley · River Kym 1.08 m 154%
Wootton Fitzpaine · Gwyle 0.94 m 145%
Mountnessing · River Wid 0.56 m 130%
Burnt House · Eastern Yar 1.02 m 127%
Holbeam Dam · River Lemon 0.93 m 126%
Stoke Prior · River Salwarpe 0.45 m 125%
Moyles Court · Docken's Water 0.37 m 123%

Gauge records cover 2–5 March 2019 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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