Storm Gerrit

27–28 December 2023 · 2023-24 season · named by Met Office · Scotland, England, Wales

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89 mphmax gust

225flood warnings & alerts (England)

3UK deaths

A post-Christmas storm bringing amber-warning winds gusting to ~89mph and an IF2 tornado in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester; heavy rain on saturated ground caused widespread flooding.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

0severe warnings

48flood warnings

177flood alerts

202areas

82counties

150rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (26–28 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

Woodborough Brook at Woodborough3
Gog Brook at Warwick2
Illey Brook at Halesowen2
Kempsey Village2
Lower Dove Brooks and Egginton Brook in Derbyshire2
Lower Dove Brooks in Staffordshire2

Counties

North Yorkshire37
Worcestershire26
Derbyshire22
Warwickshire20
Gloucestershire17
Nottinghamshire17

Rivers & seas

Groundwater9
River Wye7
River Severn6
River Eden5
North Sea4
River Nidd4

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
Abbeystead Gardens	152.8
Seathwaite Farm	145.4
Glenridding Greenside Mines	143.4
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm	141.8
Honister	139.8
Dale Head	132.4
Thirlmere St Johns Beck	129.2
Coniston Coppermines	125.2
Ennerdale Black Sail	121.8
Brotherswater	119.6
Tow Hill	119.0
High Row	117.0

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Middlesbrough Albert Park Footbridge · Marton West Beck	0.59 m	386%
Castle Foregate · Bagley Brook	1.45 m	337%
Wakefield Brooks Bank · Balne Beck	1.06 m	329%
Kielder Butteryhaugh · River North Tyne	1.79 m	320%
Allerton Ings · Aire Washlands	0.95 m	317%
Skirfare Bridge · River Skirfare	1.79 m	308%
Skipton Eller Beck · Eller Beck	2.30 m	307%
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon	4.98 m	292%
Worksop · River Ryton	2.93 m	279%
Bodiam Avenue · Daniels Brook	0.45 m	278%
Fenton Dam · Bushy Beck	4.56 m	278%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook	2.62 m	276%

Gauge records cover 26–29 December 2023 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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