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Archive Cat 2 · Moderate

Storm Gareth

12–13 March 2019 · 2018-19 season · named by Met Office · Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland

80 mphmax gust
91flood warnings & alerts
Underwent explosive cyclogenesis, bringing widespread strong winds (~80mph gusts) and heavy rain across Ireland and Britain with some localised flooding.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
11flood warnings
80flood alerts
83areas
57counties
67rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Earby Beck and Glusburn Beck2
  • River Churnet and River Tean2
  • Rivers Caldew and Petteril2
  • The River Dee Catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester2
  • Upper Avon River Swift and Clay Coton Brook2
  • Upper River Aire2

Counties

  • North Yorkshire26
  • Westmorland and Furness14
  • Cumberland12
  • Lancashire10
  • Bradford9
  • Dorset Council6

Rivers & seas

  • English Channel4
  • River Eden4
  • North Sea3
  • River Ouse3
  • River Wye3
  • Avon, Swift, Claycoton2

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 217.8
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 201.2
Honister 190.2
Ennerdale Black Sail 171.2
Brotherswater 143.7
Coniston Coppermines 139.2
Wastwater Hotel 131.4
Littondale 124.0
Brathay Hall 122.8
Wet Sleddale 117.6
Seathwaite Tarn 117.0
Demings Moss 116.0

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 5.34 m 313%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 2.72 m 286%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare 1.56 m 269%
Quixhill · River Churnet 2.02 m 256%
Waterhouses · River Hamps 1.11 m 237%
Upper Tean · River Tean 0.93 m 232%
Calthorpe Park · River Rea 0.96 m 230%
Whitewater Bridge · River Maun 1.79 m 224%
Roe Bridge · River Brock 3.34 m 223%
Solihull Lodge · River Cole 0.87 m 209%
Kielder Butteryhaugh · River North Tyne 1.14 m 203%
Rocester · River Dove 1.36 m 203%

Gauge records cover 11–14 March 2019 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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